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    i. If ax = a for some number a ≠ 0, then x must equal 1, since we can multiply both sides of the equation by the multiplicative inverse of a. ii. x2 - y2 can be factored as (x - y)(x + y) by distributing the terms of (x - y) and (x + y). iii. If x2 = y2, then x must equal either y or -y, since the square root of a number is either the positive or negative value of the original number.

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    i. If ax = a for some number a ≠ 0, then x must equal 1, since we can multiply both sides of the equation by the multiplicative inverse of a. ii. x2 - y2 can be factored as (x - y)(x + y) by distributing the terms of (x - y) and (x + y). iii. If x2 = y2, then x must equal either y or -y, since the square root of a number is either the positive or negative value of the original number.

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    i. If ax = a for some number a ≠ 0, then x must equal 1, since we can multiply both sides of the equation by the multiplicative inverse of a. ii. x2 - y2 can be factored as (x - y)(x + y) by distributing the terms of (x - y) and (x + y). iii. If x2 = y2, then x must equal either y or -y, since the square root of a number is either the positive or negative value of the original number.

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    Spivak Calculus, Chapter 1 Exercises 1. Prove the following: i. If ax = a for some number a = 0, then x = 1.

    Since a = 0, there exists a multiplicative inverse a1 , such that

    a1 ax = aa1 x=1
    ii. x2 y2 = ( x y)( x + y).

    x 2 y2 = x 2 + x y x y y2
    = x( x + y) + ( y)( x + y) = [ x + ( y)]( x + y) = ( x y)( x + y)

    iii. If x2 = y2 , then x = y or x = y.
    | x| =

    x2

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