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Declan says that for any number n, the product 4 x n is greater than 4. Which value of n shows why Declan is incorrect?

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Final answer:

Declan's claim that 4 multiplied by any number n is greater than 4 is disproven for the case where n equals 0, since the product in this case is 0, not greater than 4.

Step-by-step explanation:

Declan's statement is that the product of 4 and any number n is supposed to be greater than 4. To find a counterexample that proves Declan wrong, we should consider values of n that are less than 1, because multiplying 4 by any number less than 1 will give a product less than 4. A clear counterexample is when n is 0, since 4 x 0 equals 0, which is not greater than 4. Thus, Declan's statement is incorrect for the value of n equal to 0.

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