SOLUTION: -x < x is a false counterexamples?

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Question 1186220: -x < x is a false counterexamples?
Answer by greenestamps(13200)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!


A counterexample is any negative number.

x=-3 --> -x=3; the statement that -x is less than x is false


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