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Let $G$ be a group of order $8$ and $x∈G$ such that order of $x$ is $4$. I want to show that $x^2∈Z(G)$.

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    $G$ is a p-group and therefore is nilpotent. Hence, the center of $G$ has order at least $2$ and all normal subgroups of $G$ have at least two elements of $Z(G)$. All that remains to show is that $\langle x\rangle$ is a normal subgroup of $G$. However, this is trivial, since the index of that subgroup is the smallest prime dividing $|G|$.2012-12-12

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