Question

Things which are equal to the same thing are equal to each other.

(a) True

(b) False

I had been asked this question in a job interview.

My question is from Euclid’s Axioms and Postulates in division Euclid’s Geometry of Mathematics – Class 9

Answer 1

Correct option is (a) True

The best explanation: Above statement is one of the Euclid’s axioms.

It can be understood by the following example:

Let a = b and a = c, then we can simply state that b = c. Here, b and c are equal to same thing (a here) so they are equal to each other.