SOLUTION: show that the conjecture is false by a counterexample. If a>b, then a/b>0.

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Question 1080753: show that the conjecture is false by a counterexample. If a>b, then a/b>0.
Answer by ikleyn(52788) About Me  (Show Source):
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Take a = 1, b = -1.

Then a > b, but a%2Fb = 1%2F%28-1%29 = -1 < 0.


Your counterexample.