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Use the triangle inequality to prove the following two inequalities, for any real numbers $a$ and $b$ : $$|a-b| \geq|a|-|b|$$
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Step 1: We know that the triangle inequality states that for any real numbers $x$ and $y$, we have $|x+y| \leq |x| + |y|$. Show more…
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