True or false? To begin an indirect proof, you assume the inverse of what you intend to prove is true.

Answer - True

To begin an indirect proof, you assume the inverse of what you intend to prove is true. An indirect proof takes the conclusion from a hypothesis and assumes that the inverse is true until a contradiction is reached, thus showing that if the inverse is true there would be a contradiction. In other words, indirect proof demonstrates that something else apart from the given statement (usually algebraic or geometric) would not make sense.