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MathNet 2026 — Part 05 Question 51

Math Olympiad Vault · MathNet 2026 — Part 05

Question 51

Suppose $a$, $b$, $c$, $d$ are positive numbers such that
$$
1 = 3abcd + 2(abc + bcd + dca + dab) + (ab + bc + cd + da + ac + bd).
$$
Prove that
$$
abcd \le \frac{1}{81},
$$
and that the inequality is strict unless $a = b = c = d = 1/3$.