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) About Me  (Show Source):
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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.