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Question 03 (b) |
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Find the least nonnegative integer x that satisfies the following system of linear congruences.
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Make sure you understand the problem fully: What is the question asking you to do? Are there specific conditions or constraints that you should take note of? How will you know if your answer is correct from your work only? Can you rephrase the question in your own words in a way that makes sense to you? |
If you are stuck, check the hints below. Read the first one and consider it for a while. Does it give you a new idea on how to approach the problem? If so, try it! If after a while you are still stuck, go for the next hint. |
Hint 1 |
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Making two clever observations makes this problem much more tractable. First notice that the right hand sides are all congruent to modulo the numbers on the far right. |
Hint 2 |
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The other observation is that the three moduli on the right are three consecutive pairwise coprime numbers so the Chinese Remainder Theorem will help finish the problem. |
Checking a solution serves two purposes: helping you if, after having used all the hints, you still are stuck on the problem; or if you have solved the problem and would like to check your work.
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Solution |
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Please rate my easiness! It's quick and helps everyone guide their studies. Proceeding as in the hints yields
As
we see that all these moduli are coprime. Hence by the Chinese remainder theorem, we have that a unique solution is given by
or expanded and made positive
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