SOLUTION: what is the postulates and theorems?

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Question 6572: what is the postulates and theorems?


Answer by ichudov(499) About Me  (Show Source):
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postulate is a statement that you take as a given, without requiring proof. Generally, mathematicians try to have as few postulates as they can get away with.
Theorems are statements that logocally follow from postulates.