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Use Euclid's division lemma to show that the cube of a positive integers is of that form 9m,9m+1or9m+8 |
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Answer» Let x be any positive integer. Then, it is of the form 3q or, 3q + 1 or, 3q + 2. So, we have the following cases : Case I : When x = 3q. then, x3 = (3q)3 = 27q3 = 9 (3q3) = 9m, where m = 3q3. Case II : When x = 3q + 1 then, x3 = (3q + 1)3 = 27q3 + 27q2 + 9q + 1 = 9 q (3q2 + 3q + 1) + 1 = 9m + 1, where m = q (3q2 + 3q + 1) Case III. When x = 3q + 2 then, x3 = (3q + 2)3 = 27 q3 + 54q2 + 36q + 8 = 9q (3q2 + 6q + 4) + 8 = 9 m + 8, where m = q (3q2 + 6q + 4) Hence, x3 is either of the form 9 m or 9 m + 1 or, 9 m + 8. |
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