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#1 2017-09-03 11:38:29

Lolz
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Let m be a positive integer, and suppose that 9 is its own inverse (mod m), but 3 is not its own inverse (mod m). How many values for m are there?

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#2 2017-09-03 19:52:48

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Re: Help FAST!

Deduce from the first statement that
divides
, which gives you a small number of possibilities to test against the second statement. (
of them, to be precise.)

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#3 2017-09-03 20:07:54

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Re: Help FAST!

Good morning zetafunc,

Are you assuming the operation is x;  as in 9x9 = 81 ?

I had assumed the op is +

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#4 2017-09-03 20:22:46

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Hi Bob,

I was assuming that they meant the multiplicative inverse, yes -- if they meant additive inverse, the problem is very similar (though produces a different answer).

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#5 2017-09-03 22:42:07

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hi

For + I'm getting two values; m=9 and m=18

What do you think?

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#6 2017-09-03 22:49:05

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Yes, I agree with that.

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