Với a, b, c là các số dương, áp dụng tính chất của dãy tỉ số bằng nhau, ta có:
\(\frac{b}{a+3b}+\frac{c}{b+3c}+\frac{a}{c+3a}=\frac{a+b+c}{a+3b+b+3c+c+3a}=\frac{a+b+c}{4a+4b+4c}=\frac{a+b+c}{4\left(a+b+c\right)}=\frac{1}{4}\)
\(\Rightarrow\frac{b}{a+3b}+\frac{c}{b+3c}+\frac{a}{c+3a}\le\frac{3}{4}\)
Ta có: \(\frac{b}{a+3b}+\frac{c}{b+3c}+\frac{a}{c+3a}\le\frac{3}{4}\)(*)
\(\Leftrightarrow3ba+3b+\frac{3c}{b+3c}+\frac{3a}{c+3a}\le\frac{9}{4}\)
\(\Leftrightarrow1-3ba+3b+1-\frac{3c}{b+3c}+1-\frac{3a}{c+3a}\ge\frac{3}{4}\)
\(\Leftrightarrow\frac{a}{a+3b}+\frac{b}{b+3c}+\frac{c}{c+3a}\ge\frac{3}{4}\)
Áp dụng BĐT Cauchy - swarch có
\(\frac{a}{a+3b}+\frac{b}{b+3c}+\frac{c}{c+3a}=\frac{a^2}{a^2+3ab}+\frac{b^2}{b^2+3bc}+\frac{c^2}{c^2+3ac}\ge\frac{\left(a+b+c\right)^2}{a^2+b^2+c^2+3ab+3bc+3ca}\)
Ta sẽ chứng minh : \(\frac{\left(a+b+c\right)^2}{a^2+b^2+c^2+3ab+3bc+3ca}\ge\frac{3}{4}\left(1\right)\)
Từ (1) \(\Leftrightarrow4\left(a+b+c\right)^2\ge3\left(a^2+b^2+c^2+3ab+3bc+3ca\right)\)
\(\Leftrightarrow a^2+b^2+c^2\ge ab+bc+ac\)(đúng)
Vậy (*) đúng