Super Hard Algebra Problems!
this rule is absolute. By applying 3n+1 to any odd number, the result is always going to be even. The second pattern is that an even number will eventually reduce to an odd number. Even numbers are divided by 2, and will either come out even, applying the rule again, or they will return an odd number
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