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rational number. This is what is to be shown.
This incorrect prove is assuming what is to be proved.
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**Exercise Set 4.4**
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Give a reason for your answer in each of 1-13. Assume that all variables
represent integers.
1. is $52$ divisible by $13$?
2. Does $7 \mid 56$?
3. Does $5 \mid 0$?
4. Does $3$ divide $(3k + 1)(3k + 2)(3k + 3)$?
5. Is $6m(2m + 10)$ divisible by $4$?
6. Is $29$ a multiple of $3$?
7. Is $-3$ a factor of $66$?
8. Is $6a(a + b)$ a multiple of $3a$?
9. Is $4$ a factor of $2a \cdot 34b$?
10. Does $7 \mid 34$?
11. Does $13 \mid 73$?
12. If $n = 4k + 1$, does $8$ divide $n^2 - 1$?
13. If $n = 4k + 3$, does $8$ divide $n^2 - 1$?
14. Fill in the blanks in the following proof that for all integers $a$ and $b$,
if $a \mid b$ then $a \mid (-b)$.
**Proof:**
Suppose $a$ and $b$ are integers such that __ (a) __. By definition of
divisibility, there exists an integer $r$ such that __ (b) __. By substitution,
$$ -b = -(ar) = a(-r) $$
Let $t = $ __ (c) __. Then $t$ is an integer because $t = (-1) \cdot r$, and
both $-1$ and $r$ are integers. Thus, by substitution, $-b = at$, where $t$ is
an integer, and by the definition of divisibility, __ (d) __, as was to be
shown.
Prove statements 15 and 16 directly from the definition of divisibility.
15. For all integers $a$, $b$, and $c$, if $a \mid b$ and $a \mid c$ then
$a \mid (b + c)$.
16. For all integers $a$, $b$, and $c$, if $a \mid b$ then $a \mid c$ then
$a \mid (b - c)$.
17. For all integers $a$, $b$, $c$, and $d$, if $a \mid c$ and $b \mid d$ then
$ab \mid cd$.
18. Consider the following statement: The negative of any multiple of $3$ is a
multiple of $3$.
a. Write the statement formally using a quantifier and a variable.
b. Determine whether the statement is true or false and justify your answer.
19. Show that the following statement is false: For all integers $a$ and $b$, if
$3 \mid (a + b)$ then $3 \mid (a - b)$.
For each statement in 20-32, determine whether the statement is true or false.
Prove the statement directly from the definitions if it is true, and give a
counterexample if it is false.
20. The sum of any three consecutive integers is divisible by $3$.
21. The product of any two even integers is a multiple of $4$.
22. A necessary condition for an integer to be divisible by $6$ is that it be
divisible by $2$.
23. A sufficient condition for an integer to be divisible by $8$ is that it be
divisible by $16$.
24. For all integers $a$, $b$, and $c$, if $a \mid b$ and $a \mid c$ then
$a \mid (2b - 3c)$.
25. For all integers $a$, $b$, and $c$, if $a$ is a factor of $c$ and $b$ is a
factor of $c$ then $ab$ is a factor of $c$.
26. For all integers $a$, $b$, and $c$, if $ab \mid c$ then $a \mid c$ and
$b \mid c$.
27. For all integers $a$, $b$, and $c$, if $a \mid (b + c)$ then $a \mid b$ or
$a \mid c$.
28. For all integers $a$, $b$, and $c$, if $a \mid bc$ then $a \mid b$ or
$a \mid c$.
29. For all integers $a$ and $b$, if $a \mid b$ then $a^2 \mid b^2$.
30. For all integers $a$ and $n$, if $a \mid n^2$ and $a \leq n$ then
$a \mid n$.
31. For all integers $a$ and $b$, if $a \mid 10b$ then $a \mid 10$ or
$a \mid b$.
32. A fast-food chain has a contest in which a card with numbers on it is given
to each customer who makes a purchase. If some of the numbers on the card
add up to $100$, then the customer wins $100. A certain customer receives a
card containing the numbers
72, 21, 15, 36, 69, 81, 9, 27, 42, and 63.
Will the customer win $100? Why or why not?
33. Is it possible to have a combination of nickels, dimes, and quarters that
add up to $4.72? Explain.
34. Consider a string consisting of _a_'s, _b_'s, and _c_'s where the number of
_b_'s is three times the number of _a_'s and the number of _c_'s is five
times the number of _a_'s. Prove that the length of the string is divisible
by $3$.
35. Two athletes run a circular track at a steady pace so that the first
completes one round in 8 minutes and the second in 10 minutes. If they both
start from the same spot at 4 P.M., when will be the first time they return
to the start?
36. It can be shown (see exercises 44-48) that an integer is divisible by 3 if,
and only if, the sum of its digits is divisible by 3; an integer is
divisible by 9 if, and only if, the sum of its digits is divisible by 9; an
integer is divisible by 5 if, and only if, its right-most digit is a 5 or a
0; and an integer is divisible by 4 if, and only if, the number formed by
its right-most two digits is divisible by 4. Check the following integers
for divisibility by 3, 4, 5, and 9.
a. 637,425,403,705,125
b. 12,858,306,120,312
c. 517,924,440,926,512
d. 14,328,083,360,232
37. Use the unique factorization theorem to write the following integers in
standard factored form.
a. 1,176
b. 5,733
c. 3,675
38. Let $n = 8,424$.
a. Write the prime factorization for $n$.
b. Write the prime factorization for $n^5$.
c. Is $n^5$ divisible by 20? Explain.
d. What is the least positive integer $m$ so that $8,424 \cdot m$ is a perfect
square?
39. Suppose that in standard factored form
$a = p_1^{e_1}p_2^{e_2} \dots p_k^{e^k}$, where $k$ is a positive integer;
$p_1, p_2, \dots, p_k$ are prime numbers; and $e_1, e_2, \dots, e_k$ are
positive integers.
a. What is the standard factored form for $a^3$?
b. Find the least positive integer $k$ such that
$2^4 \cdot 3^5 \cdot 7 11^2 \cdot k$ is a perfect cube (that is, it equals an
integer to the third power). Write the resulting product as a perfect cube.
40.
a. If $a$ and $b$ are integers and $12a = 25b$, does $12 \mid b$? does
$25 \mid a$? Explain.
b. If $x$ and $y$ are integers and $10x = 9y$, does $10 \mid y$? does
$9 \mid x$? Explain.
41. How many zeros are at the end of $45^8 \cdot 88^5$? Explain how you can
answer this question without actually computing the number. (_Hint:_
$10 = 2 \cdot 5$.)
42. If $n$ is an integer and $n > 1$, then $n!$ is the product of $n$ and every
other positive integer that is less than $n$. For example,
$5! = 5 \cdot 4 \cdot 3 \cdot 2 \cdot 1$.
a. Write $6!$ in standard factored form.
b. Write $20!$ in standard factored form.
c. Without computing the value of $(20!)^2$ determine how many zeros are at the
end of this number when it is written in decimal form. Justify your answer.
43. At a certain university 2/3 of the mathematics students and 3/5 of the
computer science students have taken a discrete mathematics course. The
number of mathematics students who have taken the course equals the number
of computer science students who have taken the course. If there are at
least 100 mathematics students at the university, what are the least
possible number of mathematics students and the least possible number of
computer science students at the university?
**Definition:** Given any nonnegative integer $n$, the **decimal
representation** of $n$ is an expression of the form
$$ d_kd_{k + 1} \dots d_2d_1d_0 $$
where $kr is a nonnegative integer, $d_0, d_1, d_2, \dots, d_k$ (called the
**decimal digits** of $n$) are integers from $0$ to $9$ inclusive, $dk \neq 0$
unless $n = 0$ and $k = 0$, and
$$ n = d_k \cdot 10^k + d_{k + 1} \cdot 10^{k + 1} + \dots + d_2 \cdot 10^2 + d_1 \cdot 10 + d_0 $$
(For example, $2,503 = 2 \cdot 10^3 + 5 \cdot 10^2 + 0 \cdot 10 + 3$.)
44. Prove that if $n$ is any nonnegative integer whose decimal representation
ends in $0$, then $5 \mid n$. (_Hint:_ If the decimal representation of a
nonnegative integer $n$ ends in $d_0$, then $n = 10m + d_0$ for some integer
$m$.)
45. Prove that if $n$ is any nonnegative integer whose decimal representation
ends in $5$, then $5 \mid n$.
46. Prove that if the decimal representation of a nonnegative integer $n$ ends
in $d_1d_0$ and if $4 \mid (10d_1 + d_0)$, then $4 \mid n$. (_Hint:_ If the
decimal representation of a nonnegative integer $n$ ends in $d_1d_0$, then
there is an integer $s$ such that $n = 100s + 10d_1 + d_0$.)
47. Observe that
$$
7,524 = 7 \cdot 1,000 + 5 \cdot 100 + 2 \cdot 10 + 4 \\
\quad = 7(999 + 1) + 5(99 + 1) + 2(9 + 1) + 4 \\
\quad = (7 \cdot 99 + 7) + (5 \cdot 99 + 5) + (2 \cdot 9 + 2) + 4 \\
\quad = (7 \cdot 999 + 5 \cdot 99 2 \cdot 9) + (7 + 5 + 2 + 4) \\
\quad = (7 \cdot 111 \cdot 9 + 5 \cdot 11 \cdot 9 + 2 \cdot 9) + (7 + 5 + 2 + 4) \\
\quad = (7 \cdot 111 + 5 \cdot 11 + 2) \cdot 9 + (7 + 5 + 2 + 4) \\
\quad = (\text{an integer divisible by 9})i + (\text{the sum of the digits of } 7,524)
$$
Since the sum of the digits of $7,524$ is divisible by $9$, $7,524$ can be
written as a sum of two integers each of which is divisible by $9$. It follows
from exercise 15 that $7,524$ is divisible by $9$.
Generalize the argument given in this example to any nonnegative integer $n$. In
other words, prove that for any nonnegative integer $n$, if the sum of the
digits of $n$ is divisible by $9r, then $n$ is divisible by $9$.
48. Prove that for any nonnegative integer $n$, if the sum of the digits of $n$
is divisible by $3$, then $n$ is divisible by $3$.
49. Given a positive integer $n$ written in decimal form, the alternating sum of
the digits of $n$ is obtained by starting with the right-most digit,
subtracting the digit immediately to its left, adding the next digit to the
left, subtracting the next digit, and so forth. For example, the alternating
sum of the digits of 180,928 is $8 - 2 + 9 - 0 + 8 - 1 = 22$. Justify the
fact that for any nonnegative integer $n$, if the alternating sum of the
digits of $n$ is divisible by 11, then $n$ is divisible by 11.
50. The integer 123,123 has the form _abc,abc_, where _a_, _b_, and _c_ are
integers from $0$ through $9$. Consider all six-digit integers of this form.
Which prime numbers divide every one of these integers? Prove your answer.