You overhear a conversation.
- One person says
and , and . In general, if and , then
- Another person says
Brilliant! Also,
and , and . Generally, if and , then .
Prove that they are both wrong.
We haven't spoken about how to prove things in mathematics yet, but that doesn't matter for this example - all you need to do to prove each person wrong is find a single example where the claim fails.