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Consider the following statement and its "proof".  If m is an even integer an...

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Consider the following statement and its "proof". 

If mm is an even integer and nn is an odd integer, then 3m + 5n3m + 5n is odd.

Proof. 

  1. Let mm be an even integer and nn an odd integer. 
  2. Then there is an integer kk such that m = 2km = 2k and n = 2k +1n = 2k +1.  
  3. Therefore 3m + 5n = 3(2k) + 5(2k + 1) = 16k+5 = 2(8k+2)+13m + 5n = 3(2k) + 5(2k + 1) = 16k+5 = 2(8k+2)+1
  4. Since 8k + 28k + 2 is an integer, 3m + 5n3m + 5n is odd.

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