Strong type of Steckin inequality for the linear combination of Bernstein operators

In this paper we obtain a new strong type of Steckin inequality for the linear combinations of Bernstein operators, which gives the optimal approximation rate. Moreover, a method to prove lower estimates for linear operators is introduced. As a result the lower estimate for the linear combinations of Bernstein operators is obtained by using the Ditzian-Totik modulus of smoothness.