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# If a, b, and c are integers and ac + b is odd, is b odd?

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If a, b, and c are integers and ac + b is odd, is b odd?

(1) ac + ab is even
(2) b + c is odd
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08 Jun 2013, 02:49
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If a, b, and c are integers and ac + b is odd, is b odd?

Given that $$ac + b=odd$$, determine whether b is odd.

(1) ac + ab is even --> $$ac+ab=even$$. Subtract this equation from the equation above: $$b-ab=odd-even=odd$$ --> $$b(1-a)=odd$$ --> $$b=odd$$. Sufficient.

(2) b + c is odd. Clearly insufficient.

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If a, b, and c are integers and ac + b is odd, is b odd?
$$ac+b=odd$$

A) ac + ab is even
$$ac+b+ac+ab=odd+even$$, $$2ac+b(1+a)=odd$$. The first term will be even so the second term must be odd in order to obtain even+odd=odd.
$$b(1+a)=odd$$, since an odd number results from odd*odd, both terms must be odd.
Sufficient

B) b + c is odd
B could be even or odd.
Not sufficient
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08 Jun 2013, 18:34
Bunuel wrote:
If a, b, and c are integers and ac + b is odd, is b odd?

Given that $$ac + b=odd$$, determine whether b is odd.

(1) ac + ab is even --> $$ac+ab=even$$. Subtract this equation from the equation above: $$b-ab=odd-even=odd$$ --> $$b(1-a)=odd$$ --> $$b=odd$$. Sufficient.

(2) b + c is odd. Clearly insufficient.

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Re: If a, b, and c are integers and ac + b is odd, is b odd?  [#permalink]

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15 Jul 2015, 21:52
A) ac + ab is even
ac+b+ac+ab=odd+even, 2ac+b(1+a)=odd. The first term will be even so the second term must be odd in order to obtain even+odd=odd.
b(1+a)=odd, since an odd number results from odd*odd, both terms must be odd.
Sufficient

B) b + c is odd
B could be even or odd.
Not sufficient
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24 Aug 2019, 00:04
emmak wrote:
If a, b, and c are integers and ac + b is odd, is b odd?

(1) ac + ab is even
(2) b + c is odd

Given:
a, b, and c are integers
ac + b is odd

ac + b is odd
=> b is odd and ac is even
or b is even and a & c are odd

(1) ac + ab is even
a (c+b) is even => a is even or c+b is even
If a is even => b is odd
If c+b is even => c & b are even Not feasible
or c & b are odd => b is odd
SUFFICIENT

(2) b + c is odd
b is even and c is odd => a is odd
b is odd and c is even => a may or may not be even
NOT SUFFICIENT

IMO A
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