INMO - The ENDGAME S2

gamerrk1004
November 2019

1 Introduction
Hi @Physicsknight ! This document is regarding my solution for the 2nd Prob-
lem in the INMO Mock made by you. I hope you will like it. Thank you once
again for making such a nice mock for all of us in order to prepare for the INMO
(Though I am not going to qualify :P). Here is the solution -

2 Problem
Let XY Z be a triangle with side lengths a, b and c. Consider,oa , ob , oc be the
lengths of the medians. Then prove that -
oa ob o b oc oc oa 9
+ 2 + 2 ≤
b2 +c 2 c +a 2 a +b 2 8

3 Solution
In this solution, I have used A.M. - G.M. inequality twice to obtain the result.
It is explained below - We are given in the question that -
oa ob o b oc oc oa 9
+ 2 + 2 ≤
b2 + c2 c + a2 a + b2 8
The above expression (in the L.H.S.) can be written as -
X ma mb

cyc
b2 + c2

Thus, we can say that we now need to prove that -

X ma mb 9
2 + c2
≤
cyc
b 8

The steps for proving the above inequality are as follows -

X ma mb X (a2 + c2 )ma mb
2 2
=
cyc
b +c cyc
(a2 + c2 )(b2 + c2 )

1
We have multiplied the R.H.S with (a2 + c2 ) on both the sides. Now using the
A.M. - G.M. inequality for the first time, we get that -

X (a2 + c2 )ma mb X1 
m2a m2b

2 2
≤ (a + c ) + 2
cyc
(a2 + c2 )(b2 + c2 ) cyc
2 (b2 + c2 )2 (a + c2 )2

Now, using the fact that the length of ma = 2b2 + 2c2 − a2 (so for the others)
and multiplying the whole equation by (a2 + b2 + c2 ), we get that the R.H.S. of
the above inequality will be equal to -

(2b2 + 2c2 − a2 )(a2 + b2 + c2 ) (2a2 + 2c2 − b2 )(a2 + b2 + c2 )

 
1 X
2 2 2
(a2 +c2 ) +
8(a + b + c ) cyc (b2 + c2 )2 (a2 + c2 )2

Now, we need to note that the above expression will be less than or equal to -
 2
(2b + 2c2 − a2 + a2 + b2 + c2 )2 (2a2 + 2c2 − b2 + a2 + b2 + c2 )2

1 X
2 2
(a +c ) +
32(a2 + b2 + c2 ) cyc (b2 + c2 )2 (a2 + c2 )2

The above expression will be obtained when we use the A.M. - G.M. inequality
once again
Calculating the R.H.S. of the final inequality (which I got mad multiplying
:P), we get that it is equal to 89 . With this we get that -
X ma mb 9
2 2
≤
cyc
b +c 8

Or that,
oa ob o b oc oc oa 9
+ 2 + 2 ≤
b2+c 2 c +a 2 a +b 2 8
Hence Proved

4 Post Script
I request you to please check my solution as soon as possible. BTW, I had
another solution for the problem as well. Please PM me on the same chat if you
want me to show it as well. After writing the whole document, the only regret
which I have is that - ”Why aren’t there any emojis !! ” :P. With this stupid
line, I end this solution.
Thank you