Mark each of the following true or false. ___ a. There is only one ordering possible for

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Mark each of the following true or false. 

___ a. There is only one ordering possible for the ring Z. 

___ b. The field R can be ordered in only one way. 

___ c. Any subfield of R can be ordered in only one way. 

___ d. The field Q can be ordered in only one way. 

___ e. If R is an ordered ring, then R[x] can be ordered in a way that induces the given order on R. 

___ f. An ordering of a ring R is Archimedian if for each a, b ∈ R, there exists n ∈ Z+ such that b < na. 

___ g. An ordering of a ring R is Archimedian if for each a, b ∈ R such that 0 < a, there exists n ∈ Z+ such that b < na. 

___ h. If R is an ordered ring and a ∈ R, then -a cannot be positive. 

___ i. If R is an ordered ring and a ∈ R, then either a or -a is positive. 

___ j. Every ordered ring has an infinite number of elements.

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