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The values of the remainder r, when a positive integer a is divided by 3 are 0 and 1 only. Justify your answer.

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According to Euclid’s division lemma, 

a = 3q + r, where 0 ≤ r < 3 

and r is an integer. Therefore, the values of r can be 0, 1 or 2.

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