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Prove or give a counterexample: If $H, K$ are normal subgroups to $G$ and $G/H$ is isomorphic to $G/K$, then $H$ is isomorphic to $K$.

proof:
Let $G$ be the Klein-4 Group ($V$), $H = \langle a\rangle$, and $K = \langle b\rangle$. $H$ and $K$ are normal subgroups to $G$ since $G$ is abelian.
Then $|G/H| = |V/\langle a\rangle| = 4/2 = 2$ and $|G/K| = |V/\langle b\rangle| = 4/2 = 2$. So $G/H$ is isomorphic to $G/K$.
But $H$ is not isomorphic to $K$ since $a$ does not equal $b$.

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