Even or Odd!

If n n is a positive integer, is

3 n 1 \huge \color{#3D99F6}{3}^{\color{#D61F06}n}-\color{#20A900}1

even or odd or depends on the value of n n ?

Odd It depends on n n Even

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2 solutions

Md Mehedi Hasan
Nov 28, 2017

If n n is a positive integer or 0 0 , then it always even. Because then 3 n 3^n is an odd number after minus 1 1 , 3 n 1 3^n-1 make an even number.

So, the answer is even \boxed{\color{#20A900}{\text{even}}}

Venkatachalam J
Jun 17, 2019

The last digit of 3 n 3^{n} is 3, 9, 7, and 1. It is easy to show that last digit of 3 n 1 3^{n}-1 is 2, 8, 6, and 0. Clearly, the number with last digit 2, 8, 6, and 0 are divisible by 2.

Hence, 3 n 1 3^{n}-1 is always even number.

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