For which positive integer will
also be an integer?
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c 2 + 2 c 6 − 3 = c 2 + 2 c 4 ( c 2 + 2 ) − 2 c 4 − 3 = c 4 − c 2 + 2 2 c 4 + 3 = c 4 − c 2 + 2 2 c 2 ( c 2 + 2 ) − 4 c 2 + 3 = c 4 − 2 c 2 − c 2 + 2 − 4 ( c 2 + 2 ) + 8 + 3 = c 4 − 2 c 2 + 4 − c 2 + 2 1 1
The above expression is an integer if and only if c 2 + 2 divides 1 1 . Therefore the only option is c = 3 .