Matia claims \"When you square any number, the result is always greater than that number.\" Matia used the example 32 = 9 and 9 is greater than 3
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jimthompson5910
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Choice A) 0
Choice B) 0.5
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Explanation:
Matia claims that
However, the claim isn't true when 0 ≤ x ≤ 1.
For example, x = 0 leads to
Meaning that would update to
which is false.
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Similarly, if x = 0.5, then
Because the last inequality is false, the first inequality must also be false for x = 0.5
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Those last two previous sections showed that x = 0 and x = 0.5 are counter-examples to Matia's claim to thereby prove it false.
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