Chapter 1.

1, Problem 11E

Problem

Fill in the blanks to rewrite the given statement.

Exercise
Every positive number has a positive square root.
a. All positive numbers _____.

b. For any positive number e, there is _____for e.

c. For all positive numbers e, there is a positive number r such that _____.

Step-by-step solution

Step 1 of 3

The given statement is Universal Existential Statement.

Thus according to the statement
, where R, r are two positive numbers.

a)
We are given R in the given statement.
Now the blank must represent r which according to the given Universal Existential
Statement is the square root of R.
Thus,
All positive numbers have positive square roots.

Step 2 of 3

b)
We are given R in the given statement.
Now the blank must represent the attributes of r, which according to the given Universal
Existential Statement are positive and square root of R.
Thus,
For every positive number e there is a positive square root for e.

Step 3 of 3

c)
We are given R in the first part and r in the second part of the given statement.
Now the blank must represent the attributes of r, which according to the given Universal
Existential Statement are positive and square root of R.
Thus,
For all positive numbers e, there is a positive number r such that r equals .