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Proof that All Real Numbers are Even

Examples of real numbers: 2.0, 3/2, 2.1111111...

A number is even if it is made up of some other number times 2 (6 = 3 * 2, so it is even).

More generally, a number x is even if x = 2 * k, where k is any number.

Any real number can be written as 2 times another real number.

For example: 2.0 = 1.0 * 2, 3 = 2 * 1.5, 7 = 2 * (7/2).

Therefore, all real numbers are even.

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