Practice - Direct Proof Method
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Practice Questions
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What is a direct proof?
💡 Hint: Think about how you can show something true by assuming its starting conditions.
Give an example of a vacuous proof.
💡 Hint: Remember when is an implication automatically considered true.
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Interactive Quizzes
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What method allows proving P → Q through ¬Q → ¬P?
💡 Hint: Look at how the implications relate logically.
True or False: A vacuous proof is always true?
💡 Hint: Remember the condition under which this holds.
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Challenge Problems
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Provide a proof by contradiction that demonstrates the irrationality of √3.
💡 Hint: Focus on deducing properties of squares and their implications on parity.
Create an example of application where a vacuous proof is used correctly in a complex mathematical theorem.
💡 Hint: Think of statements that hinge on conditions not being satisfied.
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