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Contrapositive and Contradiction · Medium problem

Prove: if 5n+35n + 3 is even, then nn is odd. The contrapositive proof takes n=2kn = 2k and writes 5n+3=2(  ?  )+15n + 3 = 2(\;?\;) + 1. What goes in the bracket?