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Which term best describes a proof in which you assume the opposite of what u want to prove

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The Latin phrase is "reduction ad absurd um", meaning reduction to absurdity. You assume the opposite and show that logically it leads to a contradiction and therefore cannot be true.

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Which term best describes a proof in which you assume the opposite of what u want to prove​

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