What s wrong with this argument? Suppose and represent two

Chapter 0, Problem P9.140

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What s wrong with this argument? Suppose and represent two real numbers, where This is a true statement. Multiply both sides by Use the distributive property. Subtract from both sides. Add to both sides. The final inequality, is impossible because we were initially given

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