SOLUTION: What is the values of a and b that make the statement |a+ b| = |a| + |b| false.
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Question 648330: What is the values of a and b that make the statement |a+ b| = |a| + |b| false.
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let a = 1 and b = -1
|a+ b| = |a| + |b|
|1+ (-1)| = |1| + |-1|
|1 - 1| = |1| + |-1|
|0| = |1| + |-1|
0 = 1 + 1
0 = 2
which is false
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