document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=479953>Question 479953</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> what is a counterexample for the opposite of each whole number is a whole number  </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #328790 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=tinbar><B>tinbar(133)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-09.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=tinbar><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/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=328790\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> you will have to define opposite. do you mean opposite signs? So the opposite of 2 is -2?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Assuming this is what opposite means, there will be no counterexample. Let p be some whole number, then the opposite of p is -p = -1*p. Since both -1 and p are whole numbers (we know p is whole because that's what we assumed in the first place when picking p), -p will be whole as well </SPAN>\n" );
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