2018 AMC 10B Problems/Problem 16

Let $a_1,a_2,\dots,a_{2018}$ be a strictly increasing sequence of positive integers such that $a_1+a_2+\cdots+a_{2018}=2018^{2018}.$ What is the remainder when $a_1^3+a_2^3+\cdots+a_{2018}^3$ is divided by $6$ ?

$\textbf{(A)}\ 0\qquad\textbf{(B)}\ 1\qquad\textbf{(C)}\ 2\qquad\textbf{(D)}\ 3\qquad\textbf{(E)}\ 4$

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