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Prove: |x+y| ≤ |x|+|y|
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document.write( "We use the fact that a ≤ |a| for all real numbers a,\r\n" );
document.write( "that the square root function is an increasing function, \r\n" );
document.write( "and that \"abs%28a%29=sqrt%28a%5E2%29\"\r\n" );
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