What is the correct way to prove that for all $m \in Z$, if $m$ is even then then $mn$ is even?

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As the title says, prove:

$m \in Z$, if $m$ is even then then $mn$ is even

My attempt:

By definition of an even number, $2i$, and definition of an odd number, $2j+1$ I did the following by cases. I thought it was logical to create cases for if $n$ was even or if it was odd.

Case 1: Even

$$mn=(2i)(2j)$$

$$=4(ij)$$

Case 2: Odd

$$mn=(2i)(2j+1)$$ $$= (2i)(2j)+2i$$ $$=4(ij)+2i$$

However, after my attempt the books answer was the following:

"Suppose $x,y \in Z$ and $x$ is even. Then $x=2a$ for some integer a, by definition of an even number. Thus $xy = (2a)(y) = 2(ay).$ Therefore, $xy=2b$ where $b$ is the integer $ay$, so $xy$ is even. "

Are both methods acceptable? Any suggestions to the way I did this are more then welcome!