Can you explain the inequalities in exponential functions?

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Hello, could somebody please explain to me how

1-exp(-μt) ≤ μt

and similarly

(1-exp(-μt))exp(-λt) ≥ μt-μ2t2\2)(1-λt)

Thanks a lot
 
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Sorry, I just want to know why they're true, they are in my lecture notes and I can't work out why we know these inequalities hold.