SOLUTION: show the conjecture is false by finding a counterexample. if m=/= -1, then m/m+1<1 (m/m+1 is a fraction)

SOLUTION: show the conjecture is false by finding a counterexample. if m=/= -1, then m/m+1<1 (m/m+1 is a fraction)

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Question 1145044: show the conjecture is false by finding a counterexample. if m=/= -1, then m/m+1<1 (m/m+1 is a fraction)
Answer by ikleyn(52781) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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Counter-example is m = -2.


Then   =  =  = 2 > 1.

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