To prove the inequality above IN ANALYTICAL MANNER and not algebraic one, you have to consider the function f(x)=logx(x+1), and to prove that this function is decreasing one!
We'll write the function f(x)=ln(x+1)/ln x.
it's derivative is
f'(x)=[xln x-(x+1)ln(x+1)]/x(x+1)(ln x)^2.
As you can see, the denominator of f'(x) is positive, for any value of x>1.
For establishing the sign of denominator, we'll consider the function
g(x)=xlnx,
with the derivative
g'(x)=(ln x) +1.
For x>1, g'(x)>0, so from here we inferred that g(x) is an increasing function., so g(x)<g(x+1, so the numerator of f'(x) is negative.
Finally f'(x)<0, so f(x) is strictly decreasing for any x>1.
From here, the inequality log2(3)>log(4)5 is true, because
3<5,
but log2(3)>log(4)5
because of the character of the function, which is decreasing one!
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