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I managed to reduce it to the form $$\cot(\frac{1}{7})<7$$ But I still don't know how to prove it

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Note that

$$x -\tan^{-1}x=\int_0^x \frac{t^2}{1+t^2}dt>0$$

for $x> 0$. Then, let $x=\frac17$ to get $\frac17> \tan^{-1}\frac17=\cot^{-1}7$, or

$$\cot \frac17< 7$$

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