Question #350538

Use a counterexample to disprove the following statement: "If x is greater than y, then x divided by y is greater than 1 where y ≠ 0.

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Expert's answer
2022-06-15T05:48:36-0400

Let x=2x=2, y=0.5y=-0.5. Obviously, x>yx>y, y0y\ne0


Consider xy=20.5=4<1\frac{x}{y}=\frac{2}{-0.5}=-4<1.

The statement is false.


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