SOLUTION: What is a counterexample for the following statement: if a > b then 2a > 2b

SOLUTION: What is a counterexample for the following statement: if a > b then 2a > 2b

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Question 404109: What is a counterexample for the following statement:
if a > b then 2a > 2b
Answer by robertb(5830) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
You cannot find a counterexample to this because it is a true statement. (Stems from the use of a basic theorem in algebra.)
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