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show that every odd positive integer is of the form 6q+1 or 6q+3 or 6q+5 for some integer m

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Take "a" as any positive integer and b=6Then by Euclid's division lemma, there exist two more positive intgers 'r' and 'q' such that, a=6q+r , 0r<6Since r takes values such that 0r<6, the possible forms of 'a' are, 6q+0, 6q+1, 6q+2, 6q+3, 6q+4, 6q+5Check if these numbers are divisible by 2 or not.The number which are not divisibel by 2 are odd numbers.Here 6q+0=6q which is divisible by 6, so it is divisible by 2 which makesit an even number.In the number 6q+1, 6q is divisible by 2 but 1 is not divisible by 2. So the entirenumber is not divisible by 2. This shows it is a odd number.In the number 6q+2, 6q is divisible by 2 and 2 is also divisible by 2. So the entirenumber is divisible by 2. This shows it is an even number.In the number 6q+3, 6q is divisible by 2 but 3 is not divisible by 2. So the entirenumber is not divisible by 2. This shows it is a odd number.In the number 6q+4, 6q is divisible by 2 and 4 is also divisible by 2. So the entirenumber is divisible by 2. This shows it is an even number.In the number 6q+5, 6q is divisible by 2 but 5 is not divisible by 2. So the entirenumber is not divisible by 2. This shows it is a odd number.This proves that every odd positive integer takes the form 6q+1, 6q+3, 6q+5 for some integer q

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