Question

Read the following statement: All prime numbers are odd. Which of the following choices is a counterexample to the statement?
1
17
2
7

Answer 1

All prime numbers are odd.
A counter-example is one that will prove this statement to be false.

ur answer is : 2....it is 2 because 2 is a prime number and it is even...in fact, it is the only even number that is a prime number.

Answer 2

The choice which is a counterexample to the statement is 2.

What are prime numbers?

"It is a number that is divisible only by itself and 1 "

For given question,

We have been given a statement 'All prime numbers are odd. '

We need to select a counterexample to given statement.

Consider a number 2.

2 is divisible only by itself and 1

This means, 2 is a prime number.

We know that 2 is an even number.

Therefore, the choice which is a counterexample to the statement is 2.

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