Discrete Mathematics and Its Applications, Seventh Edition

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Chapter 5 - Section 5.2 - Strong Induction and Well-Ordering - Exercises - Page 343: 21

Answer

Proving The Picture as a) p is the vertex of P such that the angle ∠abp is smallest. b) p is the vertex of P with the least x-coordinate (other than b). c) p is the vertex of P that is closest to b.

Work Step by Step

a) In the left figure ∠abp is smallest, but bp is not an interior diagonal. b) In the right figure bd is not an interior diagonal. c) In the right figure bd is not an interior diagonal
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