1958 AHSME Problems/Problem 17

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If $x$ is positive and $\log{x} \ge \log{2} \plus{} \frac{1}{2}\log{x}$ (Error compiling LaTeX. Unknown error_msg), then:

$\textbf{(A)}\ {x}\text{ has no minimum or maximum value}\qquad \\ \textbf{(B)}\ \text{the maximum value of }{x}\text{ is }{1}\qquad \\ \textbf{(C)}\ \text{the minimum value of }{x}\text{ is }{1}\qquad \\ \textbf{(D)}\ \text{the maximum value of }{x}\text{ is }{4}\qquad \\ \textbf{(E)}\ \text{the minimum value of }{x}\text{ is }{4}$

Solution

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