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Pumpe timberuers show that the square of any positive odd integer inof the form 4q4i an and ag for some integer &Set |
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Answer» Let positive integer a be the any positive integer. Then, b = 4 . By division algorithm we know here 0 ≤ r < 4 , So r = 0, 1, 2, 3. When r = 0 a = 4m Squaring both side , we get a² = ( 4m )² a² = 4 ( 4m²) a² = 4q , where q = 4m² When r = 1 a = 4m + 1 squaring both side , we get a² = ( 4m + 1)² a² = 16m² + 1 + 8m a² = 4 ( 4m² + 2m ) + 1 a² = 4q + 1 , where q = 4m² + 2m When r = 2 a = 4m + 2 Squaring both hand side , we get a² = ( 4m + 2 )² a² = 16m² + 4 + 16m a² = 4 ( 4m² + 4m + 1 ) a² = 4q , Where q = 4m² + 4m + 1 When r = 3 a = 4m + 3 Squaring both hand side , we get a² = ( 4m + 3)² a² = 16m² + 9 + 24m a² = 16m² + 24m + 8 + 1 a² = 4 ( 4m² + 6m + 2) + 1 a² = 4q + 1 , where q = 4m² + 6m + 2 Hence ,Square of any positive integer is in form of 4q or 4q + 1 , where q is any integer. |
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