Translate ∀x ∃y (x < y) into English, considering the domain as real numbers for both variables.
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Correct answer: A. For all real numbers x, there exists a real number y such that x is less than y
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∀x comes first: for every real x there exists some y (depending on x) with x < y, i.e. there is no largest real number.More Discrete Structures and Optimisation questions
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