document.write( "Question 259191: If a>b, then which one of the following must be true:\r
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If a>b, then which one of the following must be true:\r
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document.write( "Try (a)\r\n" );
document.write( "It can't be a-b < 1  because 3 > 1 yet 3-1 is 2 which is not less than 1\r\n" );
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document.write( "Try (b)\r\n" );
document.write( "It can't be ab > b because 1 > 0 yet 1*0 is 0 which is not greater than 0\r\n" );
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document.write( "Try (d)\r\n" );
document.write( "It can't be a + b > 3b because 3 > 2 yet 3+2 is 5 which is not greater \r\n" );
document.write( "than 3*2 which is 6\r\n" );
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document.write( "So it must be (c).  a + 1 > b for if a is larger than b, adding 1 to the\r\n" );
document.write( "larger one, a, can only make it EVEN MORE LARGER than b.\r\n" );
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document.write( "(Is it correct to say \"MORE LARGER\"?  Must be! :)\r\n" );
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