Prove using the notion of without loss of generality that 5x + 5y is an odd integer when x and y are integers of opposite parity.
Without loss of genrality Assume that x is odd and y is even.
Let x=2k+1 , where k is some integer
Let y=2i , where i is some integer
5x+5y = 5(2k+1)+5(2i)
= 10k+5+10i
= 10k+10i+4+1
= 2(5k+5i+2)+1
we can label l = 5k+5i+2 and we know l is an integer.
Then from 5x+5y = 2l+1 we know it is an odd integer
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