Question

show that any positive intger n is of the form 6q+1,6q+3,6q+5 whereq is some interger

Answer 1

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Here is your answer,

Let a be any positive integer and b = 6. 

Then, by Euclid’s algorithm, a = 6q + r for some integer q ≥ 0, and 
r = 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 because 0 ≤ r < 6. 

Therefore, a = 6q or 6q + 1 or 6q + 2 or 6q + 3 or 6q + 4 or 6q + 5 

Also, 6q + 1 = 2 × 3q + 1 = 2k1 + 1, where k1 is a positive integer 
6q + 3 = (6q + 2) + 1 = 2 (3q + 1) + 1 = 2k2 + 1, where k2 is an integer 
6q + 5 = (6q + 4) + 1 = 2 (3q + 2) + 1 = 2k3 + 1, where k3 is an integer .

Clearly, 

6q + 1, 6q + 3, 6q + 5 are of the form 2k + 1, where k is an integer. 

Therefore, 6q + 1, 6q + 3, 6q + 5 are not exactly divisible by 2. 

Hence, these expressions of numbers are odd numbers. 

And therefore, any odd integer can be expressed in the form 6q + 1, or 6q + 3, or 6q +5

Hope it helps you!