Riley hobson bence · Problem 1.31

Preliminary algebra

Mathematics — Methods · necessary-sufficient-conditions-divisibility

Problem

For the real variable xx, show that a sufficient, but not necessary, condition for f(x)=x(x+1)(2x+1)f(x) = x(x+1)(2x+1) to be divisible by 6 is that xx is an integer.

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