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Q2   Show that any positive odd integer is of the form 6q + 1, or 6q + 3, or 6q + 5, where q is
        some integer.

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Let p be any positive integer. It can be expressed as

p = 6q + r

where q\geq 0 and 0\leq r< 6

but for r = 0, 2 or 4 p will be an even number therefore all odd positive integers can be written in the form 6q + 1, 6q + 3 or 6q + 5.

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