Áp dụng bất đẳng thức \(\frac{1}{a+b}\le\frac{1}{4}\left(\frac{1}{a}+\frac{1}{b}\right)\) với a , b > 0
\(\Rightarrow\left\{\begin{matrix}\frac{1}{a+b}\le\frac{1}{4}\left(\frac{1}{a}+\frac{1}{b}\right)\\\frac{1}{b+c}\le\frac{1}{4}\left(\frac{1}{b}+\frac{1}{c}\right)\\\frac{1}{a+c}\le\frac{1}{4}\left(\frac{1}{a}+\frac{1}{c}\right)\end{matrix}\right.\)
Cộng theo từng vế:
\(\Rightarrow\frac{1}{a+b}+\frac{1}{b+c}+\frac{1}{a+c}\le\frac{1}{4}\left(\frac{1}{a}+\frac{1}{a}+\frac{1}{b}+\frac{1}{b}+\frac{1}{c}+\frac{1}{c}\right)\)
\(\Rightarrow\frac{1}{a+b}+\frac{1}{b+c}+\frac{1}{c+a}\le\frac{1}{4}\left(\frac{2}{a}+\frac{2}{b}+\frac{2}{c}\right)\)
\(\Rightarrow\frac{1}{a+b}+\frac{1}{b+c}+\frac{1}{c+a}\le\frac{1}{2}\left(\frac{1}{a}+\frac{1}{b}+\frac{1}{c}\right)\) ( đpcm )
Với a , b , c > 0
Ta có: \(a^2-2ab+b^2\ge0\)
\(\Rightarrow\) \(a^2+2ab+b^2\ge4ab\)
\(\Rightarrow\) \(\left(a+b\right)^2\ge4ab\)
\(\Rightarrow\) \(\frac{a+b}{4ab}\ge\frac{1}{a+b}\)
\(\Rightarrow\) \(\frac{1}{a+b}\le\frac{1}{4b}+\frac{1}{4a}\)
\(\Rightarrow\) \(\frac{1}{a+b}\le\frac{1}{4}\left(\frac{1}{a}+\frac{1}{b}\right)\)(1)
Chứng minh tương tự ta cũng có được:
\(\frac{1}{b+c}\le\frac{1}{4}\left(\frac{1}{b}+\frac{1}{c}\right)\) (2)
và \(\frac{1}{a+c}\le\frac{1}{4}\left(\frac{1}{a}+\frac{1}{c}\right)\) (3)
Cộng (1), (2), (3) vế theo vế ta được:
\(\frac{1}{a+b}+\frac{1}{b+c}+\frac{1}{a+c}\le\frac{1}{4}\left(\frac{1}{a}+\frac{1}{b}+\frac{1}{b}+\frac{1}{c}+\frac{1}{a}+\frac{1}{c}\right)\)
\(\Rightarrow\) \(\frac{1}{a+b}+\frac{1}{b+c}+\frac{1}{a+c}\le\frac{1}{2}\left(\frac{1}{a}+\frac{1}{b}+\frac{1}{c}\right)\)( ĐPCM)