SOLUTION: Consider the following statement: "If x^2=16, then x=4." Provide a counterexample to this conditional.

SOLUTION: Consider the following statement: "If x^2=16, then x=4." Provide a counterexample to this conditional.

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Question 335463: Consider the following statement: "If x^2=16, then x=4." Provide a counterexample to this conditional.
Answer by Fombitz(32388) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

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