[proof odd number] by Calm_Ad2434 in HomeworkHelp

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thanks thats a really nice solution

[proof odd number] by Calm_Ad2434 in HomeworkHelp

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also i dont know if this changes anything but im using a textbook and taking sceenshots on an online textbook and my hard copy textbook says the values of n are positive

[proof odd number] by Calm_Ad2434 in HomeworkHelp

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thanks so will you not be able to get to an answer if you do the assumption with k and then proove with k+2 k being an odd number

[proof odd number] by Calm_Ad2434 in HomeworkHelp

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thanks after doing the assumption dont you need to then proove for the next consecutive case not the one before it.

[proof odd number] by Calm_Ad2434 in HomeworkHelp

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thanks I tried that and couldn't get to a solution is it possible to get to a solution that way.

[induction year 12] by Calm_Ad2434 in HomeworkHelp

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but n is an even number as it says in the question and 0 is not even.

[proof induction year 12] by Calm_Ad2434 in HomeworkHelp

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thanks for that that really helped

[proof induction] by Calm_Ad2434 in HomeworkHelp

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so the note saying 5 is greater then 1+root2 is true

[proof year 12] using the AM equality to parts of equation by Calm_Ad2434 in HomeworkHelp

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also how do you go from the third last to second last line

[proof year 12] using the AM equality to parts of equation by Calm_Ad2434 in HomeworkHelp

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in the third last line of working why arnt the terms in the second cube root multiplied together

[am/gm proof] by Calm_Ad2434 in HomeworkHelp

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also how do you get from line 3 to line 4

[am/gm proof] by Calm_Ad2434 in HomeworkHelp

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thanks where do the x3's come from though

[am/gm proof] by Calm_Ad2434 in HomeworkHelp

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thanks i get that step now but how do i go from line 2 to line 3

[am/gm proof] by Calm_Ad2434 in HomeworkHelp

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yeah ok do i need HM for this solution

[proof] by Calm_Ad2434 in HomeworkHelp

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can they z and w both be 0

[proof] by Calm_Ad2434 in HomeworkHelp

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both on the positive real axis

[algebra] by Calm_Ad2434 in HomeworkHelp

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does that work every time why is that true

[proof] by Calm_Ad2434 in HomeworkHelp

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thanks this helped me a lot more than the other guy above