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mrpace

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Please help me with a proof

Find all pairs of real numbers (a,b) such that a/b + b/a >= 2

Any help appreciated

Thanks

Bob

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Re: Please help me with a proof

hi mrpace

Depends on the sign of a and b.

if

If a and b have same sign (both positive or both negative)

This will be true for all a and b ∈ {reals}

If a and b have opposite signs the inequality switches:

I'll leave you to finish this off.

Bob

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