SOLUTION: when you find the difference between an odd and an even number, the result is even is it true or false?

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Question 206080: when you find the difference between an odd and an even number, the result is even is it true or false?
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) About Me  (Show Source):
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Simply pick any two two numbers where one is even and one is odd. I'm going to pick 2 and 5. Subtract them to get 5-2=3. Is the difference even? It isn't. Try another pair of even and odd numbers. You'll find that the difference is always an odd number. So the statement is false.