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Question
State the converse and contrapositive of statement:
A positive integer is prime only if it has no divisors other than 1 and itself.
Solution
Converse of the given statement:
If a positive integer has no divisors other than 1 and itself, then it is prime.
Contrapositive of the given statement:
If a positive integer has some divisors other than 1 and itself, then it is not prime.
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