Consider the statement "For all real numbers r, if r 2 is irrational then r is irrational." a. Write what you would suppose and what you would need to show to prove this statement by contradiction. b. Write what you would suppose and what you would need to show to prove this statement by contraposition.

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Huber · Answer 1

a. r is rational; r² is rational

b. r is rational; r² is rational