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OpenStudy (goformit100):

“The product of two consecutive positive integers is divisible by 2”. Is this statement true or false? Give reasons.

OpenStudy (goformit100):

Thank you sir

OpenStudy (anonymous):

A simpler proof is this: consecutive positive integers will be of opposite evenness (if the first is odd, the second will be even, and vice versa) and odd*even=even. Q.E.D.

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