Exercise 5.52 asked for a proof of the following statement: For each integer n > 12, there exist nonnegativeintegers a and b such that n = 3a + 7b. Use the Strong Principle of Mathematical Induction to give analternative proof of this statement.

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Chapter2: The Integers

Section2.2: Mathematical Induction

Problem 48E: Assume the statement from Exercise 30 in section 2.1 that for all and in . Use this assumption...

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Exercise 5.52 asked for a proof of the following statement: For each integer n > 12, there exist nonnegative integers a and b such that n = 3a+7b. Use the Strong Principle of Mathematical Induction to give an alternative proof of this statement.