What is a counterexample to this claim?

Dividing a number by 2 always results in a smaller number.

A. The number is 8.
B. The number is 5.
C The number is 2.
D. The number is 1.
E. The number is -1.

Problem fathi wants to print out a pdf document that is 48 pages long. to save paper, he decides to print on both sides of each sheet and to print two pages on each side of the sheet. how many sheets of paper will he need?

Amanager recorded the number of bicycles sold by his company each quarter. his projected sales after t years is given by the expression below. which of the following statements best describes the expression? a. the initial sales of 575 bicycles increases at the rate of 4% over 4 quarters. b. the initial sales of 575 bicycles increases at the rate of 18% over 4 years. c. the initial sales of 575 bicycles increases at the rate of 4% over t quarters. d. the initial sales of 575 bicycles increases at the rate of 18% over t years.

The swimming pool is open when the high temperature is higher than 20∘c. lainey tried to swim on monday and thursday (which was 3 days later). the pool was open on monday, but it was closed on thursday. the high temperature was 30∘c on monday, but decreased at a constant rate in the next 3 days. write an inequality to determine the rate of temperature decrease in degrees celsius per day, d, from monday to thursday.