The student population at a middle school in June, 2020 was 1678. In September, 2021, the student population was 1463. What is t
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Consider expression First, you can factor it:
Since x is integer number, then you can see that x-1 is previous integer number (x-1 is 1 unit smaller than x).
Therefore, x-1 and x are two consecutive integers. When you have two consecutive integers, one of them is always even and one is always odd. Multiplying even integer number by odd integer number you always get even integer number.
Thus, is always even.
