Is There an Inequality Between L1 and L2 Norms?

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Homework Statement


[tex]\|x\|_2\le\|x\|_1\le\sqrt{n}\|x\|_2[/tex]
where |x|1 is the l1 norm and |x|2 is the l2 norm

Homework Equations


See above

The Attempt at a Solution


I have [tex]\|\mathbf{x}\|_1 := \sum_{i=1}^{n} |x_i|[/tex]
and [tex]\|x\|_2 = \left(\sum_{i\in\mathbb N}|x_i|^2\right)^{\frac12}[/tex]
I have tried to expand out the x 2 norm but i can't seem to figure out how to prove the inequality. Any suggestions?
 
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Yea that works for the first part. Thanks for the reply.

Any idea on the second part (square root of n)?

I am thinking it may have to do with the projection vector (such as (1,1,1,1,1,1)) in a scalar product or something like.