document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=450586>Question 450586</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> If the statement is true for all integer values of p and q,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "explain why. If it isn’t true, give a counterexample.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "a. /p/is positive. ( with straight lines though not /)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "b. -q is negative.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "c. If p is the opposite of q, p+q=0\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Thank you </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #310178 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=richard1234><B>richard1234(7193)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=richard1234><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=richard1234><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=310178\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> a: |p| is positive is not always true. Note that p could equal 0, and |0| = 0, which is not positive.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "b: -q is negative is also not always true, since q could be negative. For example, if q = -1, then -q = -(-1) = 1.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "c: This must always be true. If p = -q, then p + q = (-q) + q = 0 (for all values p,q with p = -q) </SPAN>\n" );
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