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Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2007 ia Paper 4 1E ii Solution by
Codex 0 Created 2026-09-24 Updated 2026-10-14
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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