Consider the following list of conjectures. Provide a shortproof for those that are true and a counterexample for any that are false. (c) If (an) → 0 and (bn − an) → 0, then (bn) → a. (d) If (an) → 0 and |bn − b| ≤ an for all n ∈ N, then (bn) → b.

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Consider the following list of conjectures. Provide a short
proof for those that are true and a counterexample for any that are false.

(c) If (an) → 0 and (bn − an) → 0, then (bn) → a.

(d) If (an) → 0 and |bn − b| ≤ an for all n ∈ N, then (bn) → b.

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