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 20PPS
To determine

The statement for the indirect proof.

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Explanation of Solution

Given information:

If −2x−6>12 then x<−9 .

Calculation:

In an indirect proof or proof by contradiction, assume that the conclusion is false. By showing the assumption to be logically impossible, prove the assumption is false and the original conclusion is true.

Assume that x≥−9 is true.

Following steps are used for the indirect proof are as shown below:

Firstly, the negation of x<−9 is x≥−9 . So, assume that x≥−9 is true.

Secondly, make a table with several possibilities for x assuming x≥−9 .

  Geometry, Student Edition, Chapter 5.4, Problem 20PPS

When x>−9 , −2x−6<12, and when x=−9 , −2x−6=12 .

In both the steps, the assumption leads to the contradiction of the given information that −2x−6>12, Therefore, the assumption that x≥−9 must be false, so the original conclusion that x<−9 must be true.

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