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Show that the statement "For any real numbers $a$ and $b, a^2=b^2$ implies that $a=b$ " is not true by giving a counter-example.
MathematicsMathematical Reasoning
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Let $a=1, b=-1$ and $a^2=b^2$ but $a \neq b$
Thus we observe that the given statement is not true.

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