Date:         Tue, 6 Jan 2009 10:07:40 -0500
Reply-To:     Kevin Viel <citam.sasl@GMAIL.COM>
Sender:       "SAS(r) Discussion" <SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
From:         Kevin Viel <citam.sasl@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: small stat question

On Tue, 6 Jan 2009 08:35:01 -0600, Jamil Ibrahim
<jibrahim@ACADAFF.UMSMED.EDU> wrote:

>Is (*x)2 always larger than  *x2

I do not understand the notation.

Do you mean is x*x always greater than x*2?

If so, chose any number in the open interval (0,2) and test it:

0.5 * 0.5 = 0.25 < 1 = 0.5 * 2
1.5 * 1.5 = 2.25 < 3 = 1.5 * 2

In general,

x*x > x*2 = x > 2  provided x > 0

Otherwise, please provide a reference to your notation.

HTH,

Kevin

PS Graphing the values is a great place to start.