Discrete Mathematics and Its Applications, Seventh Edition

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Chapter 4 - Section 4.6 - Cryptography - Supplementary Exercises - Page 307: 9

Answer

Iff the last 3 digits of the binary expansion of $n$ are all 0, the number is divisible by 8.

Work Step by Step

Adding a 0 to the end of a binary number indicates multiplying by 2. Therefore, if this occurs 3 times, the number is divisible by 8, no matter what comes before it as $2^3=8$.
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