The product of two consecutive integers is divisible by 2. Is this statement true or false? Give reason

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The product of two consecutive integers is divisible by 2. Is this statement true or false? Give reason.

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answered Mar 12, 2018 by faiz (82,347 points) 6 6 11
 
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True, because n(n + 1) will always be even, as one out of the n or n+1 must be even.

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