SOLUTION: is it true for all nonzero real numbers a,b and c that a/(b+c) =a/b + a/c

Question 1171332: is it true for all nonzero real numbers a,b and c that
a/(b+c) =a/b + a/c
Answer by ikleyn(52794) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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Take a= 1, b= 1, c= 1.

It is your counter-example for the statement.

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