If y is an integer, is y^2 divisible by 4?

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Re: If y is an integer, is y^2 divisible by 4?

by swerve » Fri Sep 11, 2020 10:43 am

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BTGmoderatorDC wrote:
Thu Sep 10, 2020 6:35 pm
If y is an integer, is y^2 divisible by 4?

(1) y is even.
(2) y^3 is divisible by 4.


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Statement 1:
\(y\) is even - Zero is also even so it could be 0 in this case 2, 4 in any of those cases it's divisible by 4 SUFFICIENT \(\Large{\color{green}\checkmark}\)

Statement 2:
\(y\) is an even integer in this case because if it were odd odd\(\cdot\)odd\(\cdot\)odd is odd and not divisible by 4 - SUFFICIEINT \(\Large{\color{green}\checkmark}\)

Therefore, D