Exercise: Divisibility Proofs · Q11
Q.Prove by induction that is divisible by for every natural number .
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Let be the statement that is divisible by 6. Base case: gives , divisible by 6, so holds. Inductive step: assume : for some integer . Expand: . Now is a product of two consecutive integers, so it is always even; write for integer . Substituting: , which is a multiple of 6. So holds. By induction, holds for all . [!ANSWER] is divisible by for every natural number .
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