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By giving a counter example, show that the following statement is false.
If n is an odd integer, then n is prime.

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Solution : The given statement is in the form "if p then q" we have to show that this is false. For this purpose we need to show that if .(p). then .sim (q).. To show this we look for an odd integer .(n)., which is not a prime number. 9 is one such number. So .(n)=9. is a counter example. Thus, we conclude that the given statement is false.
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