Discrete Mathematics and Its Applications, Seventh Edition

Published by McGraw-Hill Education
ISBN 10: 0073383090
ISBN 13: 978-0-07338-309-5

Chapter 1 - Section 1.5 - Nested Quantifiers - Exercises - Page 67: 24

Answer

a. There exists a real number (x) that when added to any real number (y) results in the value of that real number (y). b.The difference of any non-negative real number and any negative real number is positive. c.There exist two non-positive real numbers whose difference is positive. d. For every two real numbers, the two real numbers are both non-zero if and only if their product is non-zero.

Work Step by Step

a. $\exists$ means THERE EXISTS and $\forall $ means FOR EVERY There exists a real number (x) that when added to any real number (y) results in the value of that real number (y). b.$\exists$ means THERE EXISTS and $\rightarrow$ means IF-THEN $\geq 0$ means non-negative $>0$ means positive $<0$ means negative The difference of any non-negative real number and any negative real number is positive. c.$\exists$ means THERE EXISTS and $\land$ means AND $\leq0$ means non-positive $>0$ means positive There exist two non-positive real numbers whose difference is positive. d. $\forall $ means FOR EVERY and $\land$ means AND and $\leftrightarrow$ means IF AND ONLY IF For every two real numbers, the two real numbers are both non-zero if and only if their product is non-zero.
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