For each of the following pairs of statements determine whether the proposed negation is correct. If correct,
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(a) Statement: For all real numbers x, y, if x2 > y2, then x > y.
Proposed negation: There exist real numbers x, y such that x2 > y2 but x ≤ y.
(b) Statement: There exist real numbers x, y such that x and y are rational but x + y is irrational.
Proposed negation: For all real numbers x, y, if x + y is rational, then each of x, y is rational.
(c) Statement: For all real numbers x, if x is not 0, then x has a multiplicative inverse.
Proposed negation: There exists a nonzero real number that does not have a multiplicative inverse.
(d) Statement: There exist odd integers whose product is odd.
Proposed negation: The product of any two odd integers is odd.
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Discrete and Combinatorial Mathematics An Applied Introduction
ISBN: 978-0201726343
5th edition
Authors: Ralph P. Grimaldi
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