Prove this inequality $3(abc+4)\ge 5(ab+bc+ca)$
I think your solution is true and very nice.
My proof.
We can assume that $ab+ac+bc\geq0$, otherwise the inequality is obvious.
Let $a+b+c=3u$, $ab+ac+bc=3v^2$ and $abc=w^3$.
Hence, we need to prove a linear inequality of $w^3$,
which says it's enough to prove our inequality for an extreme value of $w^3$,
which happens in the following cases.
- $w^3=-4$.
In this case our inequality is obviously true;
- $b=a$ and $c=3-2a$.
Hence, $$a^2(3-2a)\geq-4$$ or $$(a-2)(2a^2+a+2)\leq0,$$ which gives $a\leq2$ and we need to prove that $$3a^2(3-2a)+12\geq5(a^2+2a(3-2a))$$ or $$(a-1)^2(2-a)\geq0.$$ Done!