Show that a commutative ring with the cancellation property (under multiplication) has no zero-divisors.

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Chapter6: More On Rings
Section6.4: Maximal Ideals (optional)
Problem 27E: 27. If is a commutative ring with unity, prove that any maximal ideal of is also a prime...
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