Answer
No, $7|34$ is not true, because $\frac{34}{7}=4.857142857142...$, which is not an integer.
Work Step by Step
The box on page 172 tells us that $a|b$ is false if and only if $\frac{b}{a}$ is not an integer.
Discrete Mathematics with Applications 4th Edition
by Epp, Susanna S.
Published by
Cengage Learning
ISBN 10:
0-49539-132-8
ISBN 13:
978-0-49539-132-6
Chapter 4 - Elementary Number Theory and Methods of Proof - Exercise Set 4.3 - Page 178: 10
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