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if n = 2: 4*2 - 2 =6 (divisible by 6)
if n = 3: 4*3 - 2 =10 (divisible by 5)
if n = 4: 4*4 - 2 = 14 (divisible by 7)
if n = 5: 4*5 - 2 = 18 (divisible by 9)

Hence, the correct answer is D.
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For any integer n, Which of the following can never be a divisor of 4n - 2?

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We can check answers by plugging in various n's. Logically, however, \(4n - 2\) is never a multiple of 4. This is because we subtracted 2 from a multiple of 4. Since \(4n - 2\) is never a multiple of 4, it cannot be a multiple of 8 either.

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2(2n-1)

It will be divisible by all the odd numbers including 6 as 6 is 2*3 in which 2 gets cancelled out and 3 will divide 2n-1.
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