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What is a counterexample for the conjecture?

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Answer:

A counterexample for a conjecture is the statement that disproves a conjecture.

Explanation:

To find : What is a counterexample for the conjecture?

Solution :

A conjecture is an educated guess but not yet proven. It is possible that next example shown the conjecture wrong.

A counterexample is an example that disproves or disagree a conjecture.

For example : Prime numbers - 3,7,11,23

Conjecture - All prime numbers are odd

Counterexample - 2

→ 2 is a prime number but not odd, it is an even number.

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