Is the following inequality true or false? Try to do it without plotting the graph.
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We can write the given expression as, f ( x ) = x 2 . ( 2 . t a n ( x ) ) / ( 1 + t a n 2 ( x / 2 ) ) + x . ( 1 − t a n 2 ( x / 2 ) ) / ( 1 + t a n 2 ( x / 2 ) ) + x 2 + 1 / 2
Let m = t a n ( x / 2 )
Therefore, f ( x ) = x 2 . ( 2 . m / ( 1 + m 2 ) ) + x . ( 1 − m 2 ) / ( 1 + m 2 ) + x 2 + 1 / 2
Simplifying we get. f ( x ) = x 2 . ( 1 + m ) 2 + x . ( 1 − m 2 ) + ( m 2 + 1 / 2 )
Discriminant of this quadratic equation in x, D = ( 1 − m 2 ) 2 − 4 . ( 1 + m ) 2 . ( m 2 + 1 / 2 )
Simplifying D we get,
D = − ( m + 1 ) 2 . ( 3 . m 2 + 2 . m + 1 )
3 . m 2 + 2 . m + 1 > 0 as discriminant of this equation is less than 0 and coefficient of m^2 is positive
Therefore, D < 0 and coefficient of x^2 is positive.
Hence, f ( x ) > 0 .