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Is x > x^2 ?

(1) x is greater than x^3

(2) x is greater than x^4

hi can you solve this Agebraically instead of picking numbers
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hi can you solve this Agebraically instead of picking numbers

Is x > x^2 ?

S1 x is greater than x^3

S2 x is greater than x^4

Is $$x > x^2$$ --> is $$x(x-1)<0$$? --> is $$0<x<1$$?

(1) x > x^3 --> $$x*(x^2-1)<0$$ --> $$(x+1)*x*(x-1)<0$$ --> $$0<x<1$$ or $$x<-1$$. Not sufficient.

(2) x > x^4 --> $$0<x<1$$ (only in this range x will be more than x^4). Sufficient.

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04 Feb 2012, 09:39
B

what I have been realizing ( i feel its wrong now ) is that

x ( x - 1 ) < 0 Means

either x< 0 or x - 1 < 0 or x < 1

so x < 0 or x < 1 how did u get 0 < x < 1 ?
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what I have been realizing ( i feel its wrong now ) is that

x ( x - 1 ) < 0 Means

either x< 0 or x - 1 < 0 or x < 1

so x < 0 or x < 1 how did u get 0 < x < 1 ?

$$x(x-1)<0$$ --> roots are $$x=0$$ and $$x=1$$ --> "<" sign indicates that the solution lies between the roots: $$0<x<1$$:
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If it were: $$x(x-1)>0$$ --> the same roots: $$x=0$$ and $$x=1$$ --> ">" sign indicates that the solution lies to the left of the smaller root and to the right of the larger root: x<0 or x>1:
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24 Apr 2014, 06:54
Good that you bumped onto this thread Bunuel

Here's my question

On second statement how do we do critical points?

So we have x>x^4

Therefore x^4-x<0

Now then factorizing we have: x^2 (x-1)(x+1) , we only need to take care of (x-1)(x+1) since x^2 is always >=0

But then I get the range -1<x<1 which is not correct given that for instance when x=0 clearly inequality does not hold

Would you mind showing me where I went wrong here?

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Good that you bumped onto this thread Bunuel

Here's my question

On second statement how do we do critical points?

So we have x>x^4

Therefore x^4-x<0

Now then factorizing we have: x^2 (x-1)(x+1) , we only need to take care of (x-1)(x+1) since x^2 is always >=0

But then I get the range -1<x<1 which is not correct given that for instance when x=0 clearly inequality does not hold

Would you mind showing me where I went wrong here?

Thanks!
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Note that the inequality is
$$x^4 - x < 0$$

So on factoring you get
$$x (x^3 - 1) < 0$$
$$x(x - 1)(x^2 + x + 1) < 0$$

Now, (x^2 + x + 1) is always positive. It has no real roots. Hence we might as well assume it to be a positive number and ignore it for the sake of getting our transition points.
Transition points are 0 and 1. Since we want the negative region, the inequality will be negative between 0 and 1.

0 < x < 1

Though, you should try to understand the relation between x, x^2 and x^3 in the ranges < -1, -1 < x < 0, 0 < x <1 and x > 1 so that you don't need to use much algebra for such questions.
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If the question really wants to know if x lies in the range (0,1)
hence B is sufficient
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