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Transcribed Image Text:Prove: for every positive integer n, 2"> n
Prove: if a₁, A2, an are n ≥ 2 real numbers such that a₁ a₂
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an = 0 then a; = 0 for some integer i (1≤ i ≤ n)

Transcribed Image Text:Mathematical Induction is a proof technique used to prove the statement in the form: Vn E N, P (n)
There are two parts to a proof by induction:
Basis Step: Show P(n) is true if P(1) is true
Inductive Step: Show the statement Vk € N, P(k) ⇒ P(k + 1) is true
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