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Properties <strong>of</strong> Real Numbers<br />

2<br />

It’s time to begin applying the language and logic <strong>of</strong> Chapter 1 to pro<strong>of</strong> writing. In<br />

this chapter, you will learn to write pro<strong>of</strong>s <strong>of</strong> important properties <strong>of</strong> real numbers<br />

that follow from assumptions A1–A22 outlined in Chapter 0.<br />

There are many principles <strong>of</strong> algebraic manipulation that you exploit without<br />

thinking. Here are some examples.<br />

If 2x + 3 = 13, then 2x = 10.<br />

If 2x = 10, then x = 5.<br />

If a

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