For each positive integer n, let P(n) be the property 5n − 1 is divisible by 4.   Write P(0). Is P(0) true? Write P(k). Write P(k + 1). In a proof by mathematical induction that this divisibility property holds for all integers n ≥ 0, what must be shown in the inductive step?

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  1. For each positive integer n, let P(n) be the property 5n 1 is divisible by 4.

 

  1. Write P(0). Is P(0) true?
  2. Write P(k).
  3. Write P(k + 1).
  4. In a proof by mathematical induction that this divisibility property holds for all integers n ≥ 0, what must be shown in the inductive step?
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