Without using Mathematical Induction, prove that $$\frac{1}{n+1} + \frac{1}{n+3}+\cdots+\frac{1}{3n-1}>\frac{1}{2}$$
I am unable to solve this problem and don't know where to start. Please help me to solve this problem using the laws of inequality. It is a problem of Inequality.
Edit: $n$ is a positive integer such that $n>1$.
Answer
The sum can be written as
\begin{align}
\frac{1}{n+1} + \frac{1}{n+3} + \ldots + \frac{1}{3n - 1} & = \sum_{i=1}^n \frac{1}{n + 2i - 1}.
\end{align}
Now recall the AM-HM inequality:
$$
\frac 1n\sum_{i=1}^n(n + 2i - 1) > \frac{n}{\sum_{i=1}^n \frac{1}{n + 2i - 1}}.
$$
(The requirement that $n > 1$ guarantees that the inequality is strict.)
Rearrange to get
\begin{align}
\sum_{i=1}^n \frac{1}{n + 2i - 1} & > \frac{n^2}{\sum_{i=1}^n(n + 2i - 1)} = \frac 12.
\end{align}
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