9 9 e 1 0 1 □ 1 0 1 e 9 9
Which of the following represents the order relation of the above two huge numbers?
Solve this problem without any computational assistance.
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What does e^101 In99 mean? How did you proceed?
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I have added a step before it. Can you understand it now? ln x = lo g e x is the natural logarithm or logarithm to the base e of x .
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Oh oh!! Thank you so much. Yes it makes sense to me now
If you do: 101/99 > 1 => (101)^e^99 / 99^e^99 >1^e^99 => (101)^e^99 >99^e^99 What is wrong? Someone can help?
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You are comparing with 9 9 e 9 9 and not 9 9 e 1 0 1 .
Consider f ( x ) = e − x ln x . This function is definitely decreasing in [ e , ∞ ] . So f ( 9 9 ) > f ( 1 0 1 )
If two numbers are subtracted and the difference is positive, a − b > 0 , then the smaller number was subtracted from the larger, a > b . Taking the natural log of both yields e 1 0 1 × l n ( 9 9 ) and e 9 9 × l n ( 1 0 1 ) using an equail sign as a placeholder. Dividing e 9 9 from both gives us e 2 × l n ( 9 9 ) and l n ( 1 0 1 ) By subtracting, we get e 2 l n ( 9 9 ) − l n ( 1 0 1 ) which is a positive number. Therefore, e 1 0 1 × l n ( 9 9 ) > e 9 9 × l n ( 1 0 1 ) which gives us 9 9 e 1 0 1 > 1 0 1 e 9 9 .
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Consider 1 0 1 e 9 9 9 9 e 1 0 1 ⇒ 9 9 e 1 0 1 = ln ( 1 0 1 e 9 9 ) ln ( 9 9 e 1 0 1 ) = e 9 9 ln 1 0 1 e 1 0 1 ln 9 9 = e 9 9 ln 1 0 1 e 9 9 e 2 ln 9 9 = ln 1 0 1 e 2 ln 9 9 < ln 9 9 e 2 ln 9 9 = e 2 > 1 > 1 0 1 e 9 9