State true or false:
(ii) If $a and b$ are any two whole numbers, then $a + b$ is not a whole number.

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As, whole numbers are closed under addition.
i.e., addition of two whole numbers always results in a whole number.
So, the given statement is false.

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State true or false:​ (ii) If a and b are any two whole numbers, then a+b is not a whole number.​

As, whole numbers are closed under addition. ​ i.e., addition of two whole numbers always results in a whole number.​ So, the given statement is false.​

State true or false:
(ii) If $a and b$ are any two whole numbers, then $a + b$ is not a whole number.

As, whole numbers are closed under addition.
i.e., addition of two whole numbers always results in a whole number.
So, the given statement is false.