There is no integer that has a reciprocal that is an integer.

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Problems 32 - 35, find a counterexample to show that the statement below is false.
32.
There is no integer that has a reciprocal that
is an integer.
33. The opposite of each whole number is a
whole number.
35. The reciprocal of each natural number is a
natural number.
34.
The product of two irrational numbers is
an irrational number.
36. Open-ended challenge: Your friend used the distributive property and got an expression
4x + 12y- 32. What algebraic expression could your friend have started with?
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Transcribed Image Text:Problems 32 - 35, find a counterexample to show that the statement below is false. 32. There is no integer that has a reciprocal that is an integer. 33. The opposite of each whole number is a whole number. 35. The reciprocal of each natural number is a natural number. 34. The product of two irrational numbers is an irrational number. 36. Open-ended challenge: Your friend used the distributive property and got an expression 4x + 12y- 32. What algebraic expression could your friend have started with? ©2015 Flamingo Math°, LLC Jean Adams © 2017 Jean Adams (Flamingo MathTM)
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