Question

The fact that \[6 \times 7 = 42,\] is a counter-example to which of the following statements?

  1. the product of any two odd integers is odd;

  2. if the product of two integers is not a multiple of \(4\) then the integers are not consecutive;

  3. if the product of two integers is a multiple of \(4\) then the integers are not consecutive;

  4. any even integer can be written as the product of two even integers.