The product of two positive numbers \(a\) and \(b\) is greater than \(100\). Prove that at least one of the numbers is greater than \(10\).
Write the contrapositive of the statement “If it is sunny outside, then I put on sunscreen and wear sunglasses”
What is the contrapositive of the statement: “If the temperature is above \(40^\circ\)C or below \(-10^\circ\)C, then it is not safe to go outside."
Some lines are drawn on a large sheet of paper so that all of them meet at one point. Show that if there are at least \(10\) lines, then there must be two lines whose angle between them is at most \(18^\circ\).
A whole number \(n\) has the property that when you multiply it by \(3\) and then add \(2\), the result is odd. Use proof by contrapositive to show that \(n\) itself must be odd.
Calculate the left side and the right side. \[2\times(12+3)\quad\quad 2\times 12 + 2\times 3\] \[3\times(0.8+1)\quad\quad 3\times 0.8 + 3\times 1\] \[(-2)\times (3-5)\quad\quad (-2)\times 3 + (-2)\times (-5)\] What do you notice?
Expand \((x_1+\dots + x_n)^2\) where \(x_1,\dots,x_n\) are real numbers.
Prove the Cauchy-Schwarz inequality \[(a_1b_1+\dots+a_nb_n)^2\leq (a_1^2+\dots+a_n^2)(b_1^2+\dots+b_n^2)\] where \(a_1,\dots,a_n,b_1,\dots,b_n\) are real numbers. If you already know a proof (or more!), find a new one.
Prove that there exist infinitely many natural numbers \(a\) with the following property: the number \(z = n^4+a\) is not prime for any natural number \(n\).
Let \(a,b,c>0\) be the length of sides of a triangle. Show that the triangle is right-angled if and only if \((a^4+b^4+c^4)^2 = 2(a^8+b^8+c^8)\). Note that this is a symmetric characterization of right-angled triangles by its side lengths.