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Q.1 Prove by contrapositive that if n = a*b, where a and b are positive integers, then a ≤ √n or b ≤ √n

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Assume that both a and b are larger than n1/2 . Thus, ab>n so that n is not equal to ab. Since the negation of conclusion implies the negation of hypothesis, the original conditional statement is true.

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