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Saudi Arabia Mathematical Competitions 2012

Saudi Arabia 2012 number theory

Problem

Find all positive integers such that is divisible by .
Solution
We have . It follows that is divisible by if and only if . This is equivalent to being odd. Therefore, the possible values of are all odd positive integers.
Final answer
All odd positive integers

Techniques

Modular Arithmetic