Say whether the following is true or false and support your answer by a proof: The sum of any five consecutive integers is divisible by 5 (without remainder)?
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Explanation:
The sum of any 5 consecutive integers is, in fact, evenly divisible by 5!
To show this let's call the first integer:
Then, the next four integers will be:
Adding these five integers together gives:
If we divide this sum of any 5 consecutive integers by
Because
Therefore, the sum of any five consecutive integers is evenly divisible by