Tuesday, 14 October 2025

Exercise (1.1).12

Prove or disprove the following statement:

$a \mid b$ and $c \mid d$ implies $(a + c) \mid (b + d)$.


We can disprove it with a counter example.

We take $a=2, b=4$ and $c=1, d=3$, so the premises are true $2 \mid 4$ and $1 \mid 3$.

However, $(a + c) \mid (b + d)$ is $3 \mid 7$, which is false.