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MAT 202 Assignment 1: Rationality & Distance

This document contains assignment questions for a mathematics course at Universiti Sains Malaysia for Semester 2 of the 2014/2015 academic year. The assignment includes proving that the sum of a rational number and its square is irrational unless the number is 0, finding the distance between a real number and specified sets of real numbers, and proving that a set of powers of a real number greater than 1 is not bounded above.

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MAT 202 Assignment 1: Rationality & Distance

This document contains assignment questions for a mathematics course at Universiti Sains Malaysia for Semester 2 of the 2014/2015 academic year. The assignment includes proving that the sum of a rational number and its square is irrational unless the number is 0, finding the distance between a real number and specified sets of real numbers, and proving that a set of powers of a real number greater than 1 is not bounded above.

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School of Mathematical Sciences

Universiti Sains Malaysia


Academic Session 2014/2015
Semester 2
MAT 202
Assignment 1

1. If r and s are rational numbers, prove that r s 2 is irrational unless s 0 .


2. Define the distance between a real number and a non-empty set S of real numbers as,

d ( , x) inf x . Find the distance between the real number 3 and the following
xS

sets:
(i)
(ii)
(iii)

S {0,1, 2}
S (0,1)
S [1, 2]

3. Let X 1 . Prove that the set S X n : n N is not bounded above.

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