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26 February, 14:10

Show that the sum of the reciprocals of three different positive integers is greater than 6 times the reciprocal of their product.

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  1. 26 February, 17:14
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    If a, b, c are the 3 positive integers

    1/a + 1/b + 1/c > 6/abc

    (bc+ac+ab) / abc >6/abc so

    (bc+ac+ab) >6

    The lowest positive integers that are different are 1,2,3 so the lowest value that (bc+ac+ab) could have is 1•2+2•3+1•3=2+6+3 = 11 therefore

    1/a + 1/b + 1/c > 6/abc is true
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