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Set 7 Q8 - remainder when divided by 3

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by josephcho77 » Thu Oct 04, 2007 6:27 am
I assume that you did not count "1"
Remainder is 1 when 1 is divided by 3.

1 + 16 number has remainder 1
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by arocks » Thu Oct 04, 2007 7:00 am
Thanks. I used (3n+1); the maximum value of n=16 to satisfy the condition. I should have used n=0 also to get the remainder 1 or followed the approach you suggested.
But works for now!
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