Question

True or false? For any two integers x and y, |x+y| = |x| + |y|

Answer 1

False

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