SOLUTION: prove that 1/n > 1/2power of n by using mathematical induction

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Question 933035: prove that 1/n > 1/2power of n by using mathematical induction
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True for n = 1

Assume for some fixed

Then by multiplying both sides by 1/2. However since n is at least 1. It follows from transitivity that so the statement is true for all .