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OpenStudy (anonymous):

True or False If a number is negative, then its absolute value is never negative.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

help pls

OpenStudy (anonymous):

True. Any numbers absolute value is that number times itself or squared. A negative times a negative is a positive and a positive times a positive is a positive

OpenStudy (anonymous):

can you help me with more?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

I can try

OpenStudy (anonymous):

x(x+5) and 2x+5x are equivalent expressions

OpenStudy (anonymous):

if false, we need to prove it by giving a counter example :/

OpenStudy (anonymous):

if you're unsure, i can post a different one, they are all true/false

OpenStudy (anonymous):

False.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

I'm trying to think of a counter example

OpenStudy (anonymous):

(-2)^4=-2^4

OpenStudy (anonymous):

i know this one is false, but can't find counter

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Actually i think that that one is true

OpenStudy (anonymous):

oops! nvm, it says prove it "OR" give a counter example, we can just prove it

OpenStudy (anonymous):

If a number is a rational number, then it is an interger

OpenStudy (anonymous):

For x(x+5) you can prove it because it is going to equal 2x+5

OpenStudy (anonymous):

ye i got that thx

OpenStudy (anonymous):

ok

OpenStudy (anonymous):

no its still false

OpenStudy (anonymous):

because it's equal to x^2+5x

OpenStudy (anonymous):

thats x*x, instead of 2*x

OpenStudy (anonymous):

yes ok you are right. but either way it is false and the actual answer is the proof

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