Question

show the conjuncture is false by finding a counterexample:
if m does not equal -1 then m/m+1 <1 do i subsitute m?

Answer 1

Counterexample:


Let m = -5


m/(m+1) < 1


-5/(-5+1) < 1


-5/(-4) < 1


5/4 < 1


1.25 < 1


which is false


so the conjecture is false

Answer 2

ohh so all i have to do is plug m in so i can prove this is false and i have another question

Answer 3

exactly, all you need is one counterexample because the idea is that if it were true, then it should be true for ALL values of m

Answer 4

sure, just post to the left