Questions tagged [a.m.-g.m.-inequality]
For questions about proving and manipulating the AM-GM inequality. To be used necessarily with [tag:inequality] tag.
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A very strange algebra problem with four numbers with an average 1.
Here is a Russian algebra problem from a 1999 olympiad. I can’t solve it, please help!
Find all possible values of $a,b,c,d$, if they are positive reals, their average is 1, and
$$\dfrac{3-a+b(-a-ac)}...
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How to compare logarithms $\log_4 5$ and $\log_5 6$?
I need to compare $\log_4 5$ and $\log_5 6$.
I can estimate both numbers like $1.16$ and $1.11$. Then I took smallest fraction $\frac{8}{7}$ which is greater than $1.11$ and smaller than $1.16$ and ...
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How to prove inequality $(a^2+b^2+c^2)^3\ge6(a^3+b^3+c^3)^2$ when $a+b+c=0$?
I know the identity $a^3+b^3+c^3-3abc = 1/2 (a+b+c) [(a-b)^2+(b-c)^2+(c-a)^2]$.
So when it comes to this problem where $a+b+c=0$, you get $(a^2+b^2+c^2)^3\ge54(abc)^2$ when $a+b+c=0$
(because $ a^3+b^...
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For positve $a$, $b$, $c$, $d$ with $a+b+c+d\leq 1$, prove that $\sqrt[4]{(1-a^4)(1-b^4)(1-c^4)(1-d^4)}\geq255\cdot a b c d .$
Let $a,b,c,d\in\mathbb R_+$ such that $a+b+c+d\leqslant1$. Prove that$$
\sqrt[4]{\smash[b]{(1-a^4)(1-b^4)(1-c^4)(1-d^4)}}\geqslant255·abcd.
$$
My observations:
I can see that all of $a,b,c,d$ are ...
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Prove the following inequalities for any positive real numbers x,y
Given the following inequality, I'm finding it difficult to demonstrate that it holds for all real numbers:
$xy^3$ $\leq \frac{1}{4}x^4 + \frac{3}{4}y^4$
I have normalized the equation to avoid ...
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Prove the inequality $\sqrt{\frac{a^2+1}{b+c}}+\sqrt{\frac{b^2+1}{a+c}}+\sqrt{\frac{c^2+1}{a+b}}\ge 3$
Let $a;b;c\in R^+$ such that $ab+bc+ca>0$. Prove that $$\sqrt{\frac{a^2+1}{b+c}}+\sqrt{\frac{b^2+1}{a+c}}+\sqrt{\frac{c^2+1}{a+b}}\ge 3$$
I have seen the similar question is $$\frac{a^2+1}{b+c}+\...
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Minimize value of $P=\frac{a^2+b^2+c^2}{ab+2bc}$
Let $a;b;c\in R^+$. Find the minimize value of $$P=\frac{a^2+b^2+c^2}{ab+2bc}$$
By Wolframalpha i known $P_{\text{min}}=\frac{2}{\sqrt{5}}$ at $b=\sqrt{5}a$ or $c=2a$ so i used AM-GM's inequality but ...
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Inequality, how to know intuition behind it
I was solving the following inequality
For $a$, $b$, $c$ and $d$ being positive real numbers
which goes as
$$
\frac{a}{a+b} + \frac{b}{b+c} + \frac{c}{c+d} + \frac{d}{d+a} \leq \frac{a}{b+c} + \frac{...
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P.T. $\frac{1}{a^3(b+c)} +\frac{1}{b^3(a+c)}+\frac{1}{c^3(a+b)} \ge \frac 32$
If $abc=1$ where $a,b,c$ are positive real. Prove that ,$\frac{1}{a^3(b+c)} +\frac{1}{b^3(a+c)}+\frac{1}{c^3(a+b)} \ge \frac 32$.
I tried to multiply the LHS by $abc$ to make the relation homogeneous ...
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How to prove the following inequality for a function?
I have function $$D(M\gamma)=\frac{M\gamma K}{K+\gamma(M\gamma-1)}\tag{1}$$ where $K$ is some positive constant. In this case, how to show that $$D(M(\gamma-1))<D(M\gamma),~~\text{for } \gamma<\...
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How to prove this inequality using AM-GM?
Suppose $a,b,c$ are positive real numbers. Then prove that $$\Big(\frac{a+b}{2}\Big)\Big(\frac{b+c}{2}\Big)\Big(\frac{c+a}{2}\Big)\ge\Big(\frac{a+b+c}{3}\Big)\Big(abc\Big)^\frac{2}{3}\tag{*}$$
My ...
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Show that for positive numbers a,b,c,d, $\sum_{cyc} ab \leq \frac{1}{4}\left(\sum_{cyc} a \right)^2$ and … [duplicate]
Let a,b,c,d be four positive real numbers. Show that
$$\sum_{cyc} ab \leq \frac{1}{4}\left(\sum_{cyc} a \right)^2$$
and
$$\sum_{cyc} abc \leq \frac{1}{16}\left(\sum_{cyc} a \right)^3$$
My textbook ...
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How does the number $3$ help in this (probably Cauchy-based) inequality?
Given $a,b,c>0$ and $a+b+c=3$. Prove that
$$\dfrac{a^2+bc}{b+ca}+\dfrac{b^2+ca}{c+ab}+\dfrac{c^2+ab}{a+bc}\ge3$$
Attempt:
Using Cauchy inequality $(a+b\ge2\sqrt{ab})$:
$\dfrac{a^2}{b+ca}+b+ca\...
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Maximizing $x^2 y + y^2 z + z^2 x − x^2 z − y^2 x − z^2 y$ for $x$, $y$, $z$ between $0$ and $1$ (inclusive)
Find the maximum value of the expression:-
$$x^2 y + y^2 z + z^2 x − x^2 z − y^2 x − z^2 y$$ when $0 \leq x \leq 1$, and $0 \leq y \leq 1$, and $0 \leq z \leq 1$.
Please note: This is a initial ...
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Prove that if $a + b + c + d = 4$, then $(a^2 + 3)(b^2 + 3)(c^2 + 3)(d^2 + 3) \geq 256$.
Given $a,b,c,d$ such that $a + b + c + d = 4$ show that $(a^2 + 3)(b^2 + 3)(c^2 + 3)(d^2 + 3) \geq 256$.
What I have tried so far is using CBS:
$(a^2 + 3)(b^2 + 3) \geq (a\sqrt{3} + b\sqrt{3})^2 = 3(...
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Prove this inequality for given conditions
For all $x,y>0$, $$\frac{1}{(x+1)^2} + \frac{1}{(y+1)^2} \ge \frac{1}{xy+1}$$
I can only think of substituting $x+1$ with $a$ and $y+1$ with $b$. Then the inequality turns into
$$(a^2 + b^2) (ab-a-...
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How to prove $(xyz)^{1/3} \le (x+y+z)/3$ using linear algebra
To elaborate on the title, you can prove that $$\sqrt{xy}\le \frac{x+y}{2}$$ in the following way:
Is there a way that this can be extended to the inequality in the title and to a general case? For ...
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find the range if $(x_{1}+x_{2}+\cdots+x_{2009})^2=4(x_{1}x_{2}+x_{2}x_{3}+\cdots+x_{2009}x_{1})$
let $x_{i}\ge 0(i=1,2,3,\cdots,2009$,and such $$(x_{1}+x_{2}+\cdots+x_{2009})^2=4(x_{1}x_{2}+x_{2}x_{3}+\cdots+x_{2009}x_{1})=4$$
find the range $\sum_{i=1}^{2009}x^2_{i}$
I guess the range is $[1.5,...
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How to show that: $\left(\frac{mn+1}{m+1}\right)^{m+1} > n^m$
If m and n are positive integers then show that:$$\left(\frac{mn+1}{m+1}\right)^{m+1} > n^m$$I am new in this Course.So i can't able to think how i start a inequalities question by looking it's ...
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If $x+y+z=3$ then $\sum x\sqrt{x^3+3y} \ge 6$
Let $x,y,z>0$ such that $x+y+z=3$. Prove that
$$\sum x\sqrt{x^3+3y} \ge 6$$
This trying doesn't help.
With Cauchy Schwarz
$(\sum x\sqrt{x^3+3y})^2\geq \sum x^2\sum(x^3+3y) = (x^2 + y^2 + z^2)(x^...
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$X>0$, $Y>0$ and $X^2+Y ^3\geq X^3+Y^4$. Prove that $X^3+Y ^3\leq 2$ [duplicate]
$X>0$, $Y>0$ and $X^2+Y ^3\geq X^3+Y^4$. Prove that $X^3+Y ^3\leq 2$
First I tried:
$0<X\leq1$ and $0<Y\leq1$, but this in not the only case for $X^2+Y ^3\geq X^3+Y^4$ and get nowhere. ...
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Inequality $\sqrt{xy+yz+zx} \ge \frac {8}{15} (x+y+z)$ [closed]
By Titu's inequality:
$\sum_{cyc} \frac {1}{x+y} \ge \frac {(1+1+1)^2}{2(x+y+z)} = \frac {9}{2(x+y+z)}$
Then, to prove:
$ \frac {3}{x+y+z} + \sum_{cyc} \frac {1}{x+y} \ge \frac {4}{\sqrt{xy+yz+zx}}$...
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Prove that $a_n \gt b_n$ $\forall $ $n \ge 6$
Given that
$$a_n =\left(1^2+2^2+3^2+\cdots+n^2\right)^n$$ and
$$b_n=n^n \times (n!)^2$$ Then
prove that $a_n \gt b_n$ $\forall $ $n \ge 6$
My attempt:
I tried using induction, but I could not ...
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Generalized Sum over Product Inequality : Related to Cauchy Schwarz's and AM-GM Inequality.
Consider set $S = \left \{ a_i \mid 1 \leq i \leq n \right \}$ where $a_i \in \mathbb{R}$ and fixed integer $t$
I do not know whether the following inequality is true or not:
$$\sum_{P \subset S, \...
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How to prove AM-GM by induction 3
Let $a_1;a_2;...;a_n\ge 0$. Prove that $$\frac{\sum ^n_{k=1}a_k}{n}\ge \sqrt[n]{\prod ^n_{k=1}a_k}$$
We will prove it's true with $n=k$. Indeed we need to prove it's true with $n=k+1$
WLOG $a_1\le ...
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Prove that $\log_n(n+1)\geq\log_{n+1}(n+2)$ for $n>1$
Prove that $\log_n(n+1)\geq\log_{n+1}(n+2)$ for $n>1$.
So far I only know that $\log_n(n+1)>\frac{\log_n(n+2)}{\log_n(n+1)}$
Since $n>1$, LHS must be greater than RHS.
Is there any other ...
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Largest possible value of trigonometric functions
Find the largest possible value of
$$\sin(a_1)\cos(a_2) + \sin(a_2)\cos(a_3) + \cdots + \sin(a_{2014})\cos(a_1)$$
Since the range of the $\sin$ and $\cos$ function is between $1$ and $-1$, shouldn'...
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Prove that: $\frac{bc}{a^2+1}+\frac{ac}{b^2+1}+\frac{ab}{c^2+1}\leq \frac{3}{4}$ [duplicate]
Given three positive numbers a,b,c satisfying $$a^2+b^2+c^2=1$$ Prove that: $$\frac{bc}{a^2+1}+\frac{ac}{b^2+1}+\frac{ab}{c^2+1}\leq \frac{3}{4}$$
The things I have done so far:
$$\sum \limits_{cyc}\...
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Find the maximum of the value$(n^{n-1}-1)\sqrt[n]{a_{1}a_{2}\cdots a_{n}}+\sqrt[n]{\frac{a^n_{1}+a^n_{2}+\cdots+a^n_{n}}{n}}$
Let $n$ be give a positive integer, $a_{i}
\ge 0$,such that $a_{1}+a_{2}+\cdots+a_{n}=n$. Find the maximum value of
$$(n^{n-1}-1)\sqrt[n]{a_{1}a_{2}\cdots a_{n}}+\sqrt[n]{\dfrac{a^n_{1}+a^n_{2}+\...
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Prove that: $xy\sqrt{z}+yz\sqrt{x}+zx\sqrt{y}\geq x+y+z$
Let $x$,$y$ and $z$ are positive and $$\frac{1}{x}+\frac{1}{y}+\frac{1}{z}\leq 3$$
Prove that: $$xy\sqrt{z}+yz\sqrt{x}+zx\sqrt{y}\geq x+y+z$$
The things I have done so far
$$3\geq \sum \limits_{cyc}\...
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Prove that $\frac{6(a^2 + b^2 + c^2)}{a + b + c} \geq \frac{(a + b)^2}{b + c} + \frac{(b + c)^2}{c + a} + \frac{(a + c)^2}{a + b}$
Prove that if $a,b,c$ are the lengths of the edges of a given triangle, then the following inequality holds:
$\frac{6(a^2 + b^2 + c^2)}{a + b + c} \geq \frac{(a + b)^2}{b + c} + \frac{(b + c)^2}{c + ...
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Prove that inequality $\frac{2ab}{a+b}+\sqrt{\frac{a^2+b^2}{2}}\ge \sqrt{ab}+\frac{a+b}{2}$
Let $a;b\ge 0$. Prove that inequality $$\frac{2ab}{a+b}+\sqrt{\frac{a^2+b^2}{2}}\ge \sqrt{ab}+\frac{a+b}{2}$$
My try: $LHS-RHS=\frac{2ab}{a+b}-\frac{a+b}{2}+\sqrt{\frac{a^2+b^2}{2}}-\sqrt{ab}\ge 0$
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Find the maximum constant such that the inequality
Let $a;b>0$. Find the maximum constant such that the inequality $$\frac{1}{a^2+b^2}+\frac{1}{a^2}+\frac{1}{b^2}\ge \frac{8+2k}{\left(a+b\right)^2}$$
Let $a=1$ then we have: $-\frac{k-1}{2a^2}\ge 0\...
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Minimum value of $\frac{x^4+5x^2+7}{x^2+3}$
Minimum value of $$f(x)=\frac{x^4+5x^2+7}{x^2+3}$$
we have $f(x)$ as
$$f(x)=(x^2+3)+\frac{1}{x^2+3}-1$$
Now by $AM \gt GM$ we have
$$(x^2+3)+\frac{1}{x^2+3} \gt 2$$
But equality cannot occur ...
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Show $\prod_{i=1}^{n}x_i^{\alpha_i} \leq \sum_{i=1}^{n}\alpha_ix_i$ using convexity.
Prove that $$\prod_{i=1}^{n}x_i^{\alpha_i} \leq \sum_{i=1}^{n}\alpha_ix_i$$ where $\alpha_i $ positive scalars with $\sum_{i=1}^n\alpha_i=1$ and $x_i$ are positive scalars.
I thought to express $\...
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Finding the minimum value of $\log _d a + \log _bd + \log _ac + \log _c b$
The question says to find the minimum value of $$\log _da + \log _bd + \log _ac + \log _cb$$ Given, $a,b,c,d \; \in R^+ -\Bigl(1\Bigl)$
My approach:
I used the AM-GM inequality and so we can see that $...
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Prove the inequality $(a^2 b+b^2 c+c^2 a)(a b^2+b c^2+c a^2)\geq9a^2 b^2 c^2$.
For positive real numbers $a, b$ and $c$, how do we prove that
$$(a^2 b+b^2 c+c^2 a)(a b^2+b c^2+c a^2)\geq9a^2 b^2 c^2\,?$$
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Algebraic Inequality involving AM-GM-HM
If $$a,b,c \;\epsilon \;R^+$$
Then show, $$\frac{bc}{b+c} + \frac{ab}{a+b} + \frac{ac}{a+c} \leq \frac{1}{2} \Bigl(a+b+c\Bigl)$$
I have solved a couple of problems using AM-GM but I have always ...
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Mixed Means Inequality References?
I've recently stumbled upon a great Mixed Means Inequality (see An "AGM-GAM" inequality). I know it can be used to quickly prove Cauchy-Schwarz. Does anyone know a book that has worked ...
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Prove: $\log_2(x)+\log_3(x)+\log_5(x)>9\log_{30}(x)$
Prove for all $x>1$
$\log_2(x)+\log_3(x)+\log_5(x)>9\log_{30}(x)$
So what I did was:
\begin{align}
&\frac{\ln(x)}{\ln(2)}+\frac{\ln(x)}{\ln(3)}+\frac{\ln(x)}{\ln(5)}>9\frac{\ln(x)}{\...
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Showing that if $p_1 + \cdots p_n = 1$ then $\displaystyle \sum_{k=1}^n \left(p_k + \dfrac {1}{p_k} \right)^2 \ge n^3+2n+\dfrac 1n$?
This problem is from the book "Cauchy-Schwarz Masterclass":
Show that if $p_1 + \cdots p_n = 1$ with each $p_i$ positive, then $\displaystyle \sum_{k=1}^n \left(p_k + \dfrac {1}{p_k} \right)^2 \ge ...
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$ \frac {3 x y z}{(x+y) (y+z) (z+x)} + \sum\limits_{cycl}^{} \left(\frac {x+y}{x+y+ 2 z}\right)^2 \ge \frac {9}{8}.$
For $x,y,z>0,$ I have to prove that
$$ \frac {3 x y z}{(x+y) (y+z) (z+x)} + \sum\limits_{cycl}^{} \left(\frac {x+y}{x+y+ 2 z}\right)^2 \ge \frac {9}{8}.$$
I tried to use $$ \sqrt {\frac {1}{3} \...
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How do I prove the following inequality? [duplicate]
How do I proceed to solve the inequality $$\frac{(a^2+b^2)}{(a+b)} + \frac {(b^2+c^2)}{(b+c)} + \frac{(a^2+c^2)}{(a+c)} \geq (a+b+c)$$ where $a , b , c > 0$
I have thought of taking the terms on ...
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Show $\frac{1}{b+c+d} + \frac{1}{a+c+d} + \frac{1}{a+b+d} + \frac{1}{a+b+c} \ge \frac{16}{3(a+b+c+d)}$.
If $a,b,c,d > 0$ and distinct then show that
$$
\frac{1}{b+c+d} + \frac{1}{a+c+d} + \frac{1}{a+b+d} + \frac{1}{a+b+c}
\ge \frac{16}{3(a+b+c+d)}
$$
I tried using HM < AM inequality but am ...
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Prove: $\log_2(x)+\log_x(y)+\log_y(8)\geq \sqrt[3]{81}$
Prove that for every $x$,$y$ greater than $1$:
$$\log_2(x)+\log_x(y)+\log_y(8)\geq \sqrt[3]{81}$$
What I've tried has got me to:
$$\frac{\log_y(x)}{\log_y(2)}+\log_x(y)+3\log_y(2)\geq \sqrt[3]{81}$...
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An inequality with substitution
If $a,b,c$ positive real numbers, then I have to prove $ \frac {1}{18} \sum\limits_{cycl}^{} \frac{a^2}{b^2} + \sum\limits_{cycl}^{} \frac {a}{2a+b+c} \ge \frac {11}{12}$
We have that $\frac {1}{18} \...
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Intermediate inequalities; is there a way to know if you're getting a “bad deal”?
Let's say I want to prove a contest-style inequality $f(a, b, c) + g(a, b, c) \ge h(a, b, c)$ in some $S \subseteq \mathbb{R}^3$. Suppose I want to make the RHS simpler by applying the AM-GM ...
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Using Method of Undetermined coefficients to find maximum value
Find the maximum value of ($1$+$x$)$^5$($1$$-$$x$)($1$$-$$2$$x$)$^2$ given that $1/2$$<$$x$$<$$1$.
The solution states the follows
Consider the maximum value of
($A$($1$$+$$x$))$^5$ $*$ (...
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For $x\geq 0$, what is the smallest value of $\frac{4x^2+8x+13}{6(x+1)}$?
I know that I have to use the AM-GM inequality.
I tried separating the fraction:
$$\frac{4x^2+2x+7}{6(x+1)} + \frac{6(x+1)}{6(x+1)}$$
However, it doesn't seem to make either side of the inequality ...
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Showing that $x+y+z \le 2\left(\dfrac {x^2}{y+z}+ \dfrac {y^2}{x+z}+ \dfrac {z^2}{x+y}\right)$ for positive $x, y, z$?
Please, even more than the solution I would like to understand how get better at solving inequalities. Currently my only method is to just blindly try different manipulations to see if they work.
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