OCR MEI Paper 3 2018 June — Question 12

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

12 Lines 5 and 6 outline the stages in a proof that \(\frac { a + b } { 2 } \geqslant \sqrt { a b }\). Starting from \(( a - b ) ^ { 2 } \geqslant 0\), give a detailed proof of the inequality of arithmetic and geometric means.