SOLUTION: okay are there any steps to solving a proof? i understand that you first write down the given information, but what do you do next? i dont know where to begin after the given reaso

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: okay are there any steps to solving a proof? i understand that you first write down the given information, but what do you do next? i dont know where to begin after the given reason. Please if you can help me at all it would be greatly appreciated. This question is from textbook geometry

Answer by vleith(2983) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
There are a 'set of steps' in a proof.
1) Always state the original problem in the form "given blah blah blah, show such and such
2) Then proceed to take the original given and, one step at a time, proceed toward what is to be shown.
3) In each step, you need to do two things. First, on the left show what that step is. Then on the right side next to the step, state what principle, theorem, etc allows you to make that step. many times that will be as simple as "distributive property, association, etc. Other times it may require you to reference a theorum, postulate etc.
4) The last line should include what is to be shown.
I hope this helps.
If you have a specific proof to do, it might be easier to show you that way.
Ping me if you need to
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