OCR MEI Paper 3 2018 June — Question 11

Exam BoardOCR MEI
ModulePaper 3 (Paper 3)
Year2018
SessionJune
TopicProof

11 Line 8 states that \(\frac { a + b } { 2 } \geqslant \sqrt { a b }\) for \(a\), \(b \geqslant 0\). Explain why the result cannot be extended to apply in each of the following cases.
  1. One of the numbers \(a\) and \(b\) is positive and the other is negative.
  2. Both numbers \(a\) and \(b\) are negative.