2007 AMC 8 Problems/Problem 15
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[hide]Problem
Let and be numbers with . Which of the following is impossible?
Solution
According to the given rules, every number needs to be positive. Since is always greater than , adding a positive number () to will always make it greater than .
Therefore, the answer is
Solution 2
We can test numbers into the inequality we’re given. The simplest is . We can see that , so is correct.
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