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An even number is defined as being evenly divisible by 2 (no fractional answers, only integers).

If an odd number has an even factor, then because of the above definition, this odd number must have a factor of 2.

But you will be hard pressed to find an odd number that is a multiple of 2, because that is already the definition of an even number.

So, odd numbers cannot have even factors and thus odd numbers always have odd factors.

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