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Show that the statement : "For any real numbers a and b, `a^2=b^2` implies that `a=b`" is not true by giving a counter example.

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Let .a=2. and .b=-2. .a^(2)=4. and .b^(2)=4 ,. Here .a^(2)=b^(2)., but .a neq b. - The given statement is not true.
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