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= Solution
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Combine the preceding congruences: $a^p\equiv a$ and $(p-1)!\equiv-1\pmod p$. Therefore $a^p+(p-1)!a\equiv a-a=0$, and $(p-1)!a^p+a\equiv-a+a=0$. This proves \b[both stated divisibilities for every integer $a$], with no assumption that $a$ is coprime to $p$.

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