Decide which of the following are true statements. Provide ashort justification for those that are valid and a counterexample for those thatare not: (a) Two real numbers satisfy a < b if and only if a < b + epsilon for every epsilon > 0.(b) Two real numbers satisfy a < b if a < b + epsilon for every epsilon > 0.(c) Two real numbers satisfy a ≤ b if and only if a < b + epsilon for every epsilon > 0.

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Decide which of the following are true statements. Provide a
short justification for those that are valid and a counterexample for those that
are not:

(a) Two real numbers satisfy a < b if and only if a < b + epsilon for every epsilon > 0.
(b) Two real numbers satisfy a < b if a < b + epsilon for every epsilon > 0.
(c) Two real numbers satisfy a ≤ b if and only if a < b + epsilon for every epsilon > 0.

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