Wednesday, April 11, 2007

can never divide?

1. Given that x is a positive integer prove that f(x) = x2 + x + 1 will never divide by 5.

2. Consider the expression xx + 1, where x be a positive integer.

It can be verified that x = 7 is the least value for which xx + 1 divides by 23.

Given that n is a positive integer, find the least value of x for which xx + 1 is divisible by 2n.

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