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Writing It Up · Hard problem

Look back: the lesson wrote n3+2n=(n−1)n(n+1)+3nn^3 + 2n = (n - 1)n(n + 1) + 3n. The same idea for fifth powers: find cc with n5−n=(n−2)(n−1)n(n+1)(n+2)+c (n−1)n(n+1)n^5 - n = (n - 2)(n - 1)n(n + 1)(n + 2) + c\,(n - 1)n(n + 1) for all nn.