By considering the graph of y=sinx prove that, for 0 £ x £ p/2,
2x
p
£ sinx £ x.
By considering the graph of y=tanx prove that, for 0 < a < b < p/2,
tana
tanb
< a
b
.
You can use the excellent shareware Graphmatica (downloadable from http://nrich.maths.org/downloads/graphmatica.zip ), or a graphic calculator, to experiment with the graphs here.