Practicing Success
For all $x \in(0,1)$ |
$e^x<1+x$ $\log _e(1+x)<x$ $\sin x>x$ $\log _e x>x$ |
$\log _e(1+x)<x$ |
Consider the function $f(x)=e^x-(1+x)$ $\Rightarrow f'(x)=e^x-1$ $\Rightarrow f'(x)>0 \text { for } x \in(0,1)$ ⇒ f(x) is increasing on (0, 1) $\Rightarrow f(x)>f(0) $ for all $ x \in(0,1)$ $\Rightarrow e^x-(1+x)>$ for all $ x \in(0,1)$ $\Rightarrow e^x>1+x $ for all $ x \in(0,1)$ Thus, option (a) is not correct. Let $g(x)=\log _e(1+x)-x, x \in(0,1)$. Then, $g'(x)=\frac{1}{1+x}-1=-\frac{x}{1+x}<0$ for all $x \in(0,1)$ ⇒ g(x) is decreasing on (0, 1) $\Rightarrow g(x)<g(0)$ for all $x \in(0,1)$ $\Rightarrow \log _e(1+x)-x<0$ for all $x \in(0,1)$ $\Rightarrow \log _e(1+x)<x$ for all $x \in(0,1)$ Thus, option (b) is correct. Similarly, it can be shown that options (c) and (d) do not hold. |