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== Problem == Prove that, for all positive real numbers $a, b, c,$

$(a^3+b^3+abc)^{-1}+(b^3+c^3+abc)^{-1}+(a^3+c^3+abc)^{-1}\le(abc)^{-1}$ .

Prove that, for all positive real numbers $a, b, c,$

$(a^3+b^3+abc)^{-1}+(b^3+c^3+abc)^{-1}+(a^3+c^3+abc)^{-1}\le(abc)^{-1}$ .

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 [[File:USAMO97(5-solution).jpg]]== Problem ==
+Prove that, for all positive real numbers <math>a, b, c,</math>
+<math>(a^3+b^3+abc)^{-1}+(b^3+c^3+abc)^{-1}+(a^3+c^3+abc)^{-1}\le(abc)^{-1}</math>.
 Prove that, for all positive real numbers <math>a, b, c,</math>

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