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prove that the product of two consecutive positive integer is divisible by 2

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Answered by abhay022
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two consecutive positive integer are in form of n and n+1
one is odd and one is even ..always
even number devide by 2 every time ..
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Answered by Anonymous
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Let n and n + 1 are two consecutive positive integer

We know that n is of the form n = 2q and n + 1 = 2q + 1

n (n + 1) = 2q (2q + 1) = 2 (2q2 + q)

Which is divisible by 2

If n = 2q + 1, then

n (n + 1) = (2q + 1) (2q + 2)

= (2q + 1) x 2(q + 1)

= 2(2q + 1)(q + 1)

Which is also divisible by 2

Hence the product of two consecutive positive integers is divisible by 2

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