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Question
Every odd integer is of the form 2m − 1, where m is an integer (True/False).
Solution
Every odd integer is of the form 2m -1 , where m is an integer (True/False)
True
Reason:
Let the various values of m as -1, 0 and 9.
Thus, the values for 2m -1 become -3, -1 and 17 respectively.
These are odd integers.
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