Fill in the blanks to rewrite the following statement with variables:

Question

Given any positive real number, there is a positive real number that is smaller.
(a) Given any positive real number r, there is __________ s such that s is __________.
(b) For any __________ , __________ such that s < r.

Answer 1

a. a positive real number; smaller than r
b. positive real number r; there is a positive real number s