Are the following statements true or false? Justify each conclusion.
For all integers and , if is even and is odd, then does not divide .
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This statement is true. Use a proof by contradiction. So assume that there exist integers and such that is even, is odd, and 6 divides . So there exist integers and such that
. Substitute into the second equation and use algebra to rewrite in the form . This means that is even and hence, that is even. This is a contradiction.
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Are the following statements true or false? Justify each conclusion.
For all integers and , if is odd and is odd, then divides .
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This statement is true. Use a direct proof. Let and be integers and assume they are odd. So there exist integers and such that
. We then see that
. This shows that 4 divides .