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Help me with this please

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Show this is false: For each non-zero integer x there exists integer y such that xy=1

Let's take x=2, so our equation is

2y = 1

That has solution y=1/2 which isn't an integer, not in Z*. There's no integer y that can solve this equation. We found an x where the y doesn't exist, that's a counterexample to the claim.

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