Geometry, Student Edition
Geometry, Student Edition
1st Edition
ISBN: 9780078884849
Author: McGraw-Hill, McGraw Hill
Publisher: Glencoe/McGraw-Hill School Pub Co
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Chapter 5.4, Problem 11PPS
To determine

The statement for the indirect proof.

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Answer to Problem 11PPS

  x≤8 .

Explanation of Solution

Given information:

State the assumption for starting an indirect proof:

If 2x>16 , then x>8 .

Calculation:

To state the assumption for starting an indirect proof, the conclusion of the statement is false.

The assumption is that this conclusion is false.

  x≤8

Thus, the assumption is that the conclusion is false by x≤8 .

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