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prealgebra junior

Problem

Let and be numbers with . Which of the following is impossible?
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
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
Final answer
A