Question

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3.Carmen is trying to determine if the following statement is always, sometimes, or never true:
The square of a prime number is odd.
She writes the following statements: 32 = 9, 52 = 25, 72 = 49, 112 = 121, and 132 = 169. Using her results, she concludes that the statement is always true.
a. What kind of reasoning did Carmen use?
b. Is her conclusion correct? If not, use a counterexample to prove why it is not.
Answer:

Answer 1

@zaibali.qasmi @Haseeb96

Answer 2

@study100 @ganeshie8

Answer 3

Please help anyone :)

Answer 4

0

Answer 5

?

Answer 6

oh okay then Idk

Answer 7

What is the rule to determine if a number is prime?

Answer 8

omg Idk I just really need to answer this question

Answer 9

A number is prime if the only numbers that can divide it evenly are 1 and itself. What is the smallest number that satisfies this? (1 doesn't)

Answer 10

2

Answer 11

Exactly. What is 2^2?

Answer 12

4

Answer 13

2 is prime, but it's square is even. Therefore, it is sometimes true, not always. What kind of reasoning did she use? She went from specific examples and used those to form a general conclusion.