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p0014.n15 Mr. Bujak

Complete SAT Guide 2010, 13th edition

Gary R. Gruber, Ph.D., p14, #15
Edward Bujak
The sum of the cubes of any two consecutive positive
integers is always
[A] an odd integer
[B] an even integer
[C] the cube of an integer
[D] the square of an integer
[E] the product of an integer and 3

Native TI-84 functionality:

L1 is n
L2 is n3   n  1
3

n3   n  1  3 L 2
3
3
L3 is

n3   n  1  L 2
3
L4 is
n3   n  1
3
L2
L5 is 
3 3

Notice that the units (ones) digit of n3   n  1 is a cyclic pattern of 9-5-1-9-1 ==> odd
3

2nd column (L2) makes [B] incorrect.

3rd column (L3) makes [C] incorrect.
4th column (L4) makes [D] incorrect.
5th column (L5) makes [E] incorrect.
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Clear the lists that we will use (L1, L2, L3, L4, L5)

Enter n from 1 to 8 in column 1 (L1):

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Enter n3   n  1 in column 2 (L2):

3

Move to the L2 column label

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n3   n  1  3 L 2 in column 3 (L3):
3
3
Enter

Move to the L3 column label

n3   n  1  L 2 in column 4 (L4):
3
Enter

Move to the L4 column label

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n3   n  1
3
L2
Enter  in column 5 (L5):
3 3

Move to the L5 column label