Let A be a nonempty subset of R that is bounded above and let α = sup A. If α is NOT an element in A, prove that there exists a sequence {xn} in A with xn → α.

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Let A be a nonempty subset of R that is bounded above and let α = sup A. If α is NOT an element in A, prove that there exists
a sequence {xn} in A with xn → α.

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