Let G be a finite group.let S={g€G|g^5=e}, where e is identity element of G.show that |S| is odd.
Since g−1=gg^{-1}=gg−1=g only for g=eg=eg=e , all g∈Sg\in Sg∈S are divided into pairs except g=eg=eg=e . Then the size of S is 2n+1, where n is number of pairs.
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