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Blast into Math! ets of nummers: mathematical plaagrounds

8. Use the number line and the fact that |x − y| is the distance between x and y on the

number line to solve for the numbers x on the number line such that

|x − 2| > 2.

Write your answer as the union of two sets.

9. *Show that there is no such thing as the smallest positive rational number.

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