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  • 30-07-2017
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Prove that for any x in the reals 5 divides x if and only if 5 divides x squared

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Аноним Аноним
  • 30-07-2017
I think we can do this by  taking the contrapositive of the statement.

if the statement is true then the contrapositive is also true:-

If, for  any real x,  5 does not divide x^2 then 5 does not divide x.

Any number that 5 will divide into must end in 0 or 5  so the above is evidently true.

So the original statement is also true.


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