# proving

• Jan 15th 2009, 12:37 AM
proving
If p , q and r $\in$ positive real numbers , with at least one of them less than unity , prove that (1-p)(1-q)(1-r)>1-p-q-r
• Jan 15th 2009, 01:24 AM
NonCommAlg
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If p , q and r $\in$ positive real numbers , with at least one of them less than unity , prove that (1-p)(1-q)(1-r)>1-p-q-r

after expanding the LHS, your inequality becomes: $pq+qr+rp > pqr.$ dividing by $pqr$ gives us: $\frac{1}{p}+\frac{1}{q}+\frac{1}{r} > 1,$ which is true because we have that at least one of $\frac{1}{p}, \frac{1}{q}, \frac{1}{r}$ is bigger than 1.
• Jan 15th 2009, 07:51 AM
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Originally Posted by NonCommAlg
after expanding the LHS, your inequality becomes: $pq+qr+rp > pqr.$ dividing by $pqr$ gives us: $\frac{1}{p}+\frac{1}{q}+\frac{1}{r} > 1,$ which is true because we have that at least one of $\frac{1}{p}, \frac{1}{q}, \frac{1}{r}$ is bigger than 1.

Thanks a lot , sorry for not posting this in my main post , what does "less than unity " mean , is it greater than 1 ?
• Jan 15th 2009, 08:43 AM
Isomorphism
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