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Question 03 (c) |
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Determine all integers x that satisfy the following system of linear congruences.
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It's a trap! Be careful about using the Chinese Remainder Theorem here since 6 and 10 are not coprime. That being said, the same type of idea can be used to get a solution so long as you isolate for 0 and factor at the key step where you cannot invert a non coprime element. |
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Solution |
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Please rate my easiness! It's quick and helps everyone guide their studies. The conditions
give us that there is a positive integer s such that
Substituting into the second equation yields
Isolating for 0 gives
Hence, we have that 5 must divide the term in the bracket, that is
This gives
Multiplying both sides by 2 gives
Hence for some integer t. Thus,
and hence all solutions are given by . |