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The sum of two odd whole numbers is an even number.

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Solution

The correct option is A True
Let us take any two odd whole numbers, $1 a n d 3$ .
$1 + 3 = 4$ (After adding both numbers we get $4$ , which is an even number)
Hence the statement is true.

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