Solution

ID: past-exam-of-the-mathematics-course-of-the-university-of-cambridge/2007/ia/paper-4/1e/ii/solution

Factor the expression as . One of three consecutive integers is divisible by , so . If is odd, its neighbours and are consecutive even integers. One is divisible by and the other by , so their product is divisible by . Since and are coprime integers, their product divides the expression:
The argument also includes negative odd integers and the zero product at .

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