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The product of three consecutive positive integers is divisible by 6: Is this statement true or false? Justify your answer.

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The statement is true.
Three consecutive integers can be n, (n + 1) and (n + 2).
So, one number of these three must be divisible by 2 and another one must be divisible by 3.
Hence, product of these numbers is divisible by 6.

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