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Math Challenge II-A Spring Number Theory Homework 5.21
Can I have a clarification of what we are supposed to do in this question? Also, can I get an example on how to do the question?
Think of this question as exploring the ideas we looked at in 5.1. For part (a) of 5.21, we want to make tables of the multiples of 5 and 6 (mod 8) like we did in class for multiples of 3 (mod 11):
For part (b), we want to find mod. mult. inverses for numbers (mod) 8 (where they exist). Recall they only exist for numbers relatively prime to 8. For example, 1 is it's own inverse, as is 7. What about the other number relatively prime to 8?
Hope this helps! Let us know if you have any follow-up questions.
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