True or false II

Algebra Level 2

x 4 + 3 + x 4 5 x > 0 x^4+3+x^{-4} \ge 5 ~\forall x>0 The above statement is \ldots ?

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Aareyan Manzoor
Dec 9, 2015

now since x>0, apply a.m-g.m: x 4 + x 4 2 x 4 x 4 = 2 x^4+x^{-4}≥2\sqrt{x^4*x^{-4}}=2 so x 4 + x 4 + 3 2 + 3 = 5 x^4+x^{-4}+3≥2+3=\boxed{5} so this indeed is t r u e \boxed{true} .

Edwin Gray
Mar 31, 2019

x^4 + 3 +x^(-4) >= 5 is equivalent to x^4 - 2 + x^(-4) >=0. Multiplying by x^4, x^8 -2x^4 + 1 >=0, or (x^4 - 1)^2 >= 0, so true. Seems that x could be < 0.

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