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It is shown that if A is a bounded linear operator on a complex Hilbert space, then
$w(A) ≤ 1/2 (||A|| + ||A²||^{1/2})$,
where w(A) and ||A|| are the numerical radius and the usual operator norm of A, respectively. An application of this inequality is given to obtain a new estimate for the numerical radius of the Frobenius companion matrix. Bounds for the zeros of polynomials are also given.