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Prove of disprove that if A, B and C are integers and the product BC is...

Prove of disprove that if A, B and C are integers and the product BC is evenly divisible by A then either B is evenly divisible by A or C is evenly divisible by A.

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On the contrary, assume that neither B is divisible by A nor C is divisible by A.

So, A doesn't divide B & A doesn't divide C

It implies, A doesn't divide B.C, which is a contradiction as A divides BC.

So, if A divides BC then either A divides B or A divides C.

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