One mistake students sometimes make is the so-called `proof by example'. The proof by example refers to the situation where the statement is validated for some examples or cases rather than validating for the general case.

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One mistake students sometimes make is the so-called `proof by example'. The proof by example refers to the situation where the statement is validated for some examples or cases rather than validating for the general case.  
 
   
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 Show that    for all   .

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If     then      and   . Therefore,    for all   .

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Let   . We have   ,      and   . Therefore, we have    for all   .

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By drawing the graph of the function    where   , we conclude that    for all   .

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