A PROBLEM SOLVING APPROACH TO MATHEMATIC
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Chapter 2, Problem 6NT
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That there can be no greatest natural number. Also, explain that the set of natural number is not a finite a set.
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A PROBLEM SOLVING APPROACH TO MATHEMATIC
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