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[For the entire collection see Zbl 0722.00051.] Suppose \(K\) is a convex body in \({\mathbb{R}}^ n\). Let \(\Pi K\) be the projection body of \(K\). The conjectured projection inequality of Petty is that \[ V(\Pi K)\geq c_ 1(n)V(K)^{n-1}, \] with equality if and only if \(K\) is an ellipsoid. Here \(V(\ldots)\)denotes the volume and \(c_ 1(n)\) is an explicitly known constant depending on \(n\). In the present paper it is shown that this conjecture is equivalent to the following statement: If \(K\) and \(L\) are convex bodies in \({\mathbb{R}}^ n\), then \[ \int_{\partial K}\int_{\partial L}| u\cdot v| du dv\geq c_ 2(n)(V(K)V(L))^{(n-1)/n}, \] with equality if and only if \(K\) and \(L\) are homothetic to centered polar reciprocal ellipsoids. Here \(du\) and \(dv\) denote the area elements at the points on the boundaries \(\partial K\) and \(\partial L\) whose outer unit normals are \(u\) and \(v\), and \(u\cdot v\) denotes the usual inner product of \(u\) and \(v\). The constant \(c_ 2(n)\) depends on \(n\) and is explicitly known. The advantage of the last statement is that the somewhat technical concept of the projection body is not needed. An inequality closely related to the last one is proved in this paper: The integration over the boundaries of \(K\) and \(L\) is replaced by the integration over the interiors of \(K\) and \(L\). The root-mean-square version of this modified inequality is also proved in this article.