Powers of 3 and Powers of 2
   

   

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Powers of 3 and Powers of 2

Prove the following:

for every positive integer k, there exists a positive integer m such that 3m + 5 is divisible by 2k.

Source: Arne Smeets, nrich.maths.org

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