SOLUTION: write the first statement of the indirect proof of the given statement: "If AB is not perpendicular to BC then angle ABC is not a right angle" Is the answer : angle ABC is

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Question 943817: write the first statement of the indirect proof of the given statement:

"If AB is not perpendicular to BC then angle ABC is not a right angle"
Is the answer : angle ABC is a right angle?

Answer by richard1234(7193) About Me  (Show Source):
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Essentially. A better way of writing the statement is, "Assume angle ABC is a right angle," in order to try to prove by contradiction (this holds for other proofs by contradiction).