SOLUTION: Give the counterexample for the following:
If you subtract -2 from -6, themm the result is -4.
*I'm pretty sure this isn't proofs exactly yet but we have to learn this before w
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If you subtract -2 from -6, themm the result is -4.
*I'm pretty sure this isn't proofs exactly yet but we have to learn this before w
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Question 498087: Give the counterexample for the following:
If you subtract -2 from -6, themm the result is -4.
*I'm pretty sure this isn't proofs exactly yet but we have to learn this before we start proofs and I don't understand how to do it. I didn't know what other category to put it under. Answer by richard1234(7193) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! There is no counterexample because -6 - (-2) is always -4. A counterexample would assert that there is a possibility that -6 - (-2) is not -4.
In general, a counterexample is a case where a theorem fails. For example, the statement "(2*3*5*7*11*...*p) + 1 is prime" has a counterexample where p = 13, because (2*3*5*7*11*13) + 1 = 59*509 and is therefore not prime.
