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Pointwise, $X\geq a\mathbf1_{\{X\geq a\}}$, since $X$ is nonnegative. Taking expectations and dividing by $a>0$ proves the <Markov inequality>
$$
\boxed{\mathbb P(X\geq a)\leq\mathbb EX/a.}
$$
If the expectation is infinite, the inequality remains true in the extended-real sense.

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