TITLE: Proof of Chebyshev Inequality
QUESTION [6 upvotes]: I was going through the proof of the Chebyshev Inequality here .
And I seem to be facing some trouble in the approximation stage. I can't seem to follow how $\epsilon$ has been approximated to $(t-\mu)$.

REPLY [5 votes]: $\epsilon$ is not being approximated by $t - \mu$. What is happening is that for $t$ outside the interval $(\mu - \epsilon, \mu + \epsilon)$, $\epsilon^2 \leq (t - \mu)^2$ and hence the two integrals can be underestimated. 
The reasoning "since $t \leq \mu - \epsilon \Rightarrow \epsilon \leq | t - \mu | \Rightarrow \epsilon^2 \leq (t - \mu)^2$" on the page you refer to, applies to the rewriting of the left integral, c.q., $t$ on the left of the interval $(\mu - \epsilon, \mu + \epsilon)$. A similar reasoning applies to the right integral, c.q., the right of that interval.