Trigo-Algebraic Inequality!

Geometry Level 2

Is the following inequality true or false? Try to do it without plotting the graph.

x 2 sin ( x ) + x cos ( x ) + x 2 + 1 2 > 0 x^2\sin(x)+x\cos(x)+x^2+\frac12 >0

False True
None of these

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1 solution

Saarthak Marathe
Aug 27, 2015

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 f(x)=x^2.(2.tan(x))/(1+tan^2(x/2)) + x.(1-tan^2(x/2))/(1+tan^2(x/2)) + x^2 + 1/2

Let m = t a n ( x / 2 ) m=tan(x/2)

Therefore, f ( x ) = x 2 . ( 2. m / ( 1 + m 2 ) ) + x . ( 1 m 2 ) / ( 1 + m 2 ) + x 2 + 1 / 2 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 ) 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 ) 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 ) D= -(m+1)^2.(3.m^2+2.m +1)

3. m 2 + 2. m + 1 > 0 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 D<0 and coefficient of x^2 is positive.

Hence, f ( x ) > 0 f(x)>0 .

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