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Show that any positive integer is of the form 3q, 3q+1, 3q+2, where q is some integer
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Preeti Dabral 2 years, 9 months ago

Let p be any positive integer and b = 3. Applying division Lemma with p and b =3 ,

we have
p = 3q + r, where 0 {tex}\leq{/tex} r < 3 and q is some integer

So r=0,1,2

If r=0 , p=3q

If r=1, p=3q+1

If r=2, p=3q+2

Therefore any positive integer  is of form 3q,3q+1,3q+2 for some integer q.

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