Math, asked by rawatstar73, 4 months ago

if n is a positive odd integer, then show that n²-1 is divisible by 5

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Answered by liswi

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if it's an odd number we get n²- 1 even

so for those numbers ending with 9 as last digit

are divisible by 5

while others are not divisible.

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