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Prove that 53n+1 is divisible by 3n+1 for all nonnegative integers n.

 

What I did (or tried to do) was to use induction. I proved it worked for the base case 0, but I'm stuck on how to prove it works for n=k+1 if we assume it works for n=k. Help!

 

--------Thanks! laughcoolsmiley

 May 5, 2020
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Have you tried the sum of cubes formula? Try expressing the left side term with the sum of cubes factorization(the 5 term and 1).

 May 5, 2020
edited by jfan17  May 5, 2020
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Here's a proof by induction:

 

 May 5, 2020
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WOW! Thanks Alan! laugh

madyl  May 5, 2020

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