Algebra & Trigonometry with Analytic Geometry
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Transcribed Image Text:MATH 140 - Lecture 12 Homework
Name: _________________________ Section: _________________________
1. Show the following propositions using a proof by contradiction.
(a) **Proposition.** Suppose \( n \in \mathbb{Z} \). If \( n^2 \) is odd, then \( n \) is odd.
(b) **Proposition.** If \( a, b \in \mathbb{Z} \), then \( a^2 - 4b - 2 \neq 0 \). (Hint: use the proposition that if \( a^2 \) is even, then \( a \) is even.)
(c) **Proposition.** There exist no integers \( a \) and \( b \) for which \( 18a + 6b = 1 \).
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