SOLUTION: How do you do indirect proofs?

Question 419741: How do you do indirect proofs?
Answer by richard1234(7193) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Assume the statement is not true, and find some sort of contradiction. For example, if we wanted to prove that is an irrational number, we can assume that the number is rational (e.g. write it in the form a/b) then find a logical contradiction.
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