Solution for Section 3.1 Question 6

6.  To disprove this statement, you need only find ONE value of n (an even integer) for which the statement does not hold.

Suppose n = 4.

Then the left hand side of the equation becomes:

1 + 2 + 3 = 6,

and the right hand side of the equation becomes:

4k.

There is no value of  k in.jpg (595 bytes)Z, such that  4k = 6.

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