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Prove some inequalities using the mean value theorem

by RoRi Sept e m b er 28, 20 15

Prove the following inequalities using the mean value theorem:

a. .
b. , for .

a. Proof. Define and . Then and are continuous and differentiable everywhere so we may
apply the mean value theorem. We obtain

The final step follows since for all

b. Proof. Let , , then and . So, by the mean-value theorem we have there
exists a such that,

But, since is an increasing function on the positive real axis, and we have we know

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Further, since and is positive we can multiply all of the terms in the equality by without
reversing inequalities to obtain,

Therefore, substituting from above we obtain the requested inequality:

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