SOLUTION: true or false if false make a counter-example if the opposite of a number is positive,then one-half of the number is positive

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Question 487901: true or false if false make a counter-example

if the opposite of a number is positive,then one-half of the number is positive

Answer by richard1234(7193) About Me  (Show Source):
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False, and always false.

For example, the opposite of -8 is 8 (positive) but one-half of -8 is -4 (not positive).