SOLUTION: <pre>Show by an example that the following statement is false in general for integers a, b and c a|c and b|c => ab|c</pre>

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Question 26249: 
Show by an example that the following statement is false in general for integers a, b and c 
a|c and b|c => ab|c

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Show by an example that the following statement is false in general for integers a, b and c 
a|c and b|c => ab|c 

4|24 and 8|24 but 8*4 (which is 32) does not divide 24.

Edwin McCravy
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