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Algebra Difficulty 4.7 AIME Prove it Ukraine

Solve the inequality:
2008x+log2008(x+1)>logx+22008+sin2007x+cos2008x. 2008^x + \log_{2008}(x+1) > \log_{x+2} 2008 + \sin^{2007} x + \cos^{2008} x.

Solution

Answer: x>0x > 0.

Easy to understand, that range of a function in our expression is set x>0x > 0. We will show that this is the solution. Really when x>0x > 0 2008x>12008^x > 1, log2008(x+1)>0\log_{2008}(x+1) > 0, because under such conditions, the logarithm base satisfies the conditions 0<xx+2<10 < \frac{x}{x+2} < 1, sin2007x+cos2008xsin2x+cos2x=1\sin^{2007}x + \cos^{2008}x \le \sin^2x + \cos^2x = 1. Thus the left part is greater than 1, and right - lower. Therefore the solution of inequality is every point x>0x > 0.

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