Solution: Comparing line segments in two circles.
Construct PC parallel to AB. Consider the right triangle OCP. Now the length of
OP = a + b and OC = a - b. So
From triangle OCP we know that with equality if and only if a = b.
Since CP = AB, we have a proof of the Arithmetic Mean -- Geometric Mean theorem for two positive values. That is for positive a and b,
with equality if and only if a = b.
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