Does $\frac{8k-1}{4}$ belongs to $\mathbb{Z}$?

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Does $\frac{8k-1}{4}$ belongs to $\mathbb{Z}$ for some $k\in \mathbb{Z}$ ? or we can prove that this never belongs to $\mathbb{Z}$ ?

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Hint:

$$\frac{8k - 1}{4} = 2k - \frac 1 4$$

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$8k-1$ is a 1 less than a multiple of 4, so it can't be divisible by 4.