Let the sum of the possible remainders when the square of a prime number is divided by 6 be m.
Then find the remainder when-
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Every prime can be expressed as
6k±1 except for 2 and 3.
Thus,
6k±1 ≡ ± 1 ( m o d 6 )
⇒ ( 6 k ± 1 ) 2 ≡ 1 ( m o d 6 )
Now, we are left with 2 and 3,
2 2 ≡ 4 ( m o d 6 )
3 2 ≡ 3 ( m o d 6 )
Thus,
S r = m =1+4+3= 8
we know that 1000(n) is always divisible by 8 for any value of n as an integer..
1000(100)+1 ≡ 1 ( m o d 8 )
⇒ ( 1 0 0 0 0 1 ) 1 0 0 0 0 1 ≡ 1 ( m o d 8 )
Thus,
we get the answer 1