An integer is chosen so that is an even integer. Which of the following must be an odd integer?
Pick one
Solution
Solution 1: If , then , which is an even integer. In this case, the five given choices are (A) , (B) , (C) , (D) , (E) . Of these, the only odd integer is (D). Therefore, since satisfies the initial criteria, then (D) must be the correct answer as the result must be true no matter what integer value of is chosen that makes even. Solution 2: If is an integer for which is even, then is odd, since it is 1 less than an even integer. If is odd, then must be odd (since if is even, then would be even). If is odd, then is even (odd plus odd equals even), so (A) cannot be correct. If is odd, then is even (odd minus odd equals even), so (B) cannot be correct. If is odd, then is even (even times odd equals even), so (C) cannot be correct. If is odd, then is odd (odd times odd equals odd) and so is odd (odd plus even equals odd). If is odd, then is odd (odd times odd equals odd) and so is even (odd plus odd equals even), so (E) cannot be correct. Therefore, the one expression which must be odd is .