Say true or false.
If $x$ is a whole number, then each of $x - 1, x - 2, x - 3,$ etc is also a whole number .

True

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False

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Solution

The correct option is B False
Reason:
Let $x = 1$ $\in$ W; then
$x - 2 = - 1 \notin W$ .
$x - 3 = - 2 \notin W$

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