SOLUTION: What would be the couterexample to the statement below? If the sum of two integers is even, then both of the integers are even.

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Question 69325: What would be the couterexample to the statement below?
If the sum of two integers is even, then both of the integers are even.

Answer by bucky(2189)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
If the sum of two integers is 8 (even), then the integers could be 5 and 3, and the two integers are both odd.
You could do the same with the even sum of 12 being the sum of the odd integers 7 + 5 or 9 + 3.



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