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Use Euclid's division lemma to show that the square of any positive integer is either of the form `3m`or `3m+1`for some integer m.[Hint: Let x be any positive integer then it is of the form `3q`, `3q+1`or `3q+2`Now square each of these and sho

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the square of any positive integer is of the form of either 3 m or (3 m + 1) for some integer m
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