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  • 25-08-2020
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True or false? For any two integers x and y, |x+y| = |x| + |y|

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  • 25-08-2020

Answer:

False

Step-by-step explanation:

|x+y| = |x| + |y|

To show this is false, all we have to do is find one example where it is false

Let x = -1 and y = 4

|-1+4| = |-1| + |4|

|3| = |1| + |4|

3 = 5

This is false so we have a set of integers where the statement is not true

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