Question

true or false? in the body of an indirect proof, you must show that the assumption leads to a contradiction. a.true b.false

Answer 1

True.

You assume the opposite of what you want to proof and if you get a contradiction it implies that the assumption is false, therefore what you wanted to prove is true.

Answer 2

The given statement is true.

Explanation:

In the body of an indirect proof, you must show that the assumption leads to a contradiction. This statement is true.

An indirect proof is that, where we have to assume the opposite or reverse of what we need to prove. This means initially the given statements are assumed to be false and when a contradiction is reached, the given statement is proved right.