SOLUTION: Please help me solve the problem below. Give a counterexample to show the statement "The square of any natural number is an odd number."

SOLUTION: Please help me solve the problem below. Give a counterexample to show the statement "The square of any natural number is an odd number."

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Question 761671: Please help me solve the problem below.
Give a counterexample to show the statement "The square of any natural number is an odd number."
Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Give a counterexample to show the statement "The square of any natural number is an odd number."
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2 is a natural number
2^2 = 4 which is not an odd number.
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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