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Let the numbers be \((x+1),(x+3),(x+5),(x+7)\)

\((x+1)^2+(x+3)^2+(x+5)^2+(x+7)^2 = (x^2+2x+1)+(x^2+6x+9)+(x^2+10x+25)+(x^2+14x+49)=4x^2+32x+84=4(x^2+8x+21)\)

Therefore, it is always divisible by \(4\)

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Quick Approach; \(1^2+3^2+5^2+7^2=1+9+25+49=84=4*21\)

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Quick approach may not work as 84 is divisible by 3, 4, 6 and 7.

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If 1st number is a then rest will be a+2 , a+4 , a+6.

Apply it in the equation a2+(a+2)2 + (a+4)2 + (a+6)2

you will get 4a2 +24a+56

And you can clearly find it is 4(a2+6a+14) which states that it is divisible by 4

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