SOLUTION: "What is the counterexample for: The repeating decimals are closed under subtraction.

SOLUTION: "What is the counterexample for: The repeating decimals are closed under subtraction.

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Question 508309: "What is the counterexample for: The repeating decimals are closed under subtraction.
Answer by richard1234(7193) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
If we consider 4 as a non-repeating decimal (as opposed to 4.0000...) then we can say that the equation 4.333... - .333... = 4 is a counterexample.
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