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Tuesday, October 23, 2012

 

12|n and 12|n3

Prove or disprove the statement “An integer n is divisible by 12 if and only if n3 is divisible by 12.”









== Solution ==

If integer n is divisible by 12, for some integer m:
  n=12mn3=123m3
Clearly, n3 is divisible by 12. How about the converse ? Is n divisible by 12 if n3 is divisible by 12 ? Note 12=22×3, so one counter example would be:
  n3=2333=1218n=23=6
In other words, n3 is divisible by 12, but not n. Hence the converse is false.


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