document.write( "Question 169224: I need to find a counterexample to the statement 4^n+1 is divisible by 5. Can someone please show me how to do this.
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Algebra.Com's Answer #124812 by Edwin McCravy(20056)\"\" \"About 
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I need to find a counterexample to the statement \"4%5En%2B1\"
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document.write( "Start with \"n=1\".\r\n" );
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document.write( "\"4%5E1%2B1+=+4%2B1+=+5\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "No. that's not it, because \"5\" is divisible by \"5\".\r\n" );
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document.write( "So try \"n=2\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "\"4%5E2%2B1=16%2B1=17\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "There your counterexample. \"17\" is not divisible by \"5\".\r\n" );
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