Fill-in-the-blank proofs for Section 2.5


  1. Claim: If an integer n has the form 3K + 1, then n does not have 9L + 5.
    Proof by contradiction. Click here.
  2. Claim: For all real numbers x and y, either x ≥ (x + y)/2 or y ≥ (x + y)/2.
    Proof by contradiction. Click here.
  3. Claim: For every integer n, if n2 is even, then n is even.
    Proof by contradiction. Click here.
  4. Claim: For every integer n, if n2 is odd, then n is odd.
    Proof by contradiction. Click here.