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Author: Douglas Smith, Maurice Eggen, Richard St. Andre

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Chapter 2.1, Problem 3E

Let ⋅ be an associative operation on nonempty set A with identity e. Suppose that a, b, c, and d are elements of A, b is the inverse of a, and d is the inverse of c. Prove that db is the inverse of ac.

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