How to show simple inequality of fractions If a a + b </

madridomot

madridomot

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2022-05-21

How to show simple inequality of fractions
If
a a + b < a a + b
then how can I show that
a a + 2 b < a a + 2 b     a , b , c > 0
I tried puitting in a constant k so
a a + b = k a a + 2 b
and I get
k = a + b a + 2 b
and I dont know where from there.

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Brennen Bishop

Brennen Bishop

Beginner2022-05-22Added 6 answers

Looks like it isn't true even for all numbers positive.
30 6 < 6 1
but
130 106 > 106 101
Trevor Wood

Trevor Wood

Beginner2022-05-23Added 5 answers

I'll assume everything is positive.
If a a + b < a a + b then a ( a + b ) < a ( a + b )
We want to know when a a + 2 b < a a + 2 b or a ( a + 2 b ) < a ( a + 2 b )
Let u = a ( a + b ) a ( a + b ) > 0 and v = a ( a + 2 b ) a ( a + 2 b ). We want to when v > 0
Since u = a b a b > 0, a b > a b
We have
v = ( a ( a + b ) + a b ) ( a ( a + b ) + a b ) = a ( a + b ) a ( a + b ) + a b a b = u + a b a b
Since, as shown above, a b > a b and u > 0, then v > 0 as we wanted to show.

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