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Question 74

Choose a letter x, y, z, p etc...., wherever necessary, for the unknown (variable) and write the corresponding expressions for the given statement:

Write an equation whose solution is not a whole number.

Answer 1

The set of whole numbers is (0, 1, 2, 3, ...).

Consider the equation $x+1=0$.

Subtracting 1 from both sides of the equation, we get

$x+1-1=0-1$

$\Rightarrow x=-1$ (-1 is not a whole number.)