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Jim makes the following conjecture. Other than 1, there are no numbers less than 100 that are both perfect squares and perfect cubes. What is a counter example that proves his conjecture false

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64 is a counter example that proves Jim's conjecture as false.

Step-by-step explanation

The number should be less than 100 and need to be both perfect square and perfect cubes.


64 = 8*8 = (8)^2

So, 64 is a perfect squared number.

Now,
64= 4*4*4 =(4)^3

So, 64 is also a perfect cubed number.

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