Rahul Stephenson
2 years ago
Could anyone help me by explaining the following problem. Taking 4 as the +ve integer, kindly explain how 16 can satisfy the condition of 3m or 3m +1.
Use Euclid’s division lemma to show that the square of any positive integer is either of
the form 3m or 3m + 1 for some integer m.
[Hint : Let x be any positive integer then it is of the form 3q, 3q + 1 or 3q + 2. Now square
each of these and show that they can be rewritten in the form 3m or 3m + 1.]
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