please help 1 Prove using contraposition that for all intege
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1- Prove using contraposition that for all integers m and n, if mn is even, then m is even or n is even.
2- Prove that for all integers a, b, c, s, and t, if a|b and a|c, then a|(sb ? tc).
3- Prove that for any even integer m and odd integer n that 3m + 5n is odd.
Solution
Let us assume if possible mn is even when m and n are not even.
mn is even means
mn = 2k for some integer k
This implies m*n = 2*k
Hence 2 must be a factor of either m or n as k is an integer.
Hence contradiciton
mn is even implies either m or n is even.
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2) a divides b and a divides c. This implies a divides sb also and a divides tc also
When a divides sb, sb = ka, similarly tc = ma
sb-tc = (k-m)a where k-m is again integer.
Hence a/sb-tc
3) even integer m, 3m is even.
For odd integer n, 5n is odd as both factors do not have 2.
3m+5n = even+odd is again odd.
