show that the square of any positive integer cannot be of the form 6 m + 2 or 6 m + 5 for any integer m

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Let  a  be any positive integer.

By Euclid's division lemma ,

 a = bm + r  ,  where  b = 6

⇒  a = 6m + r

 where  r  can be 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5.

∴  a = 6m  if  r = 0

 a = 6m + 1  if  r = 1

 a = 6m + 2  if  r = 2

 a = 6m + 3  if  r = 3

 a = 6m + 4  if  r = 4

 a = 6m + 5  if  r = 5

CASE 1 :When a = 6ma2 = 6m2 = 36m2 = 66m2 = 6pCASE 2 :When a = 6m+1a2 = 6m+12 = 36m2+1+12m = 66m2+2m + 1 = 6p + 1CASE 3 :When a = 6m + 2a2 = 6m+22 = 36m2+4+24m = 66m2+4m + 4 = 6p + 4CASE 4 :When a = 6m + 3a2 = 6m+32 = 36m2+9+36m = 66m2+6m + 1 + 3 = 6p + 3CASE 5 :When a = 6m+4a2 = 6m+42 = 36m2+16+48m = 66m2+8m + 2 + 4 = 6p + 4CASE 6 :When a = 6m + 5a2 = 6m+52 = 36m2+25+30m = 66m2+5m + 4 + 1 = 6p + 1
From all these cases, it is clear that square of any positive integer can not be of the form of 
6m + 2 or 6m + 5.

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