How do you solve for X?

1. krispiekr3am

23
5x = 1 (mod 13)
13x = 2 (mod 23)
37x = 5 (mod 13)

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3. 0rthodontist

1,253
You could use the chinese remainder theorem if you can put it in the appropriate form. For example if you find some k such that 5k = 1 mod 13 (Euclid's algorithm), then the first equation is x = k (mod 13).

4. krispiekr3am

23
i started with this
5x-1=13y
x=(13y+1)/5
y=1
x then =12/5
is that correct?
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13x-2=23y
x=(23y+2)/13
y=0
x then = 2/13?
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37x-5=13y
x=(13y+5)/37
y=1
x then = 18/37

is that right?

5. krispiekr3am

23
i have created an excel and create a table like this
x 3x module7
1 3 3
2 6 6
3 9 2
4 12 5
5 15 1

What should i do with this graph to do with 13x=2(mod23)

6. matt grime

9,395
As has been said, use the Chinese remainder theorem (whcih is Euclid's algorithm but dressed up).

Of course if you typed it correctly you're looking for 5x=1 (13) and 37x=5 (13). Are those even compatible? The fact that you've written 37 and not 11 means that either you've mistyped the 13, or you're not happy with modulo arithmetic, and don't see that you can always replace something with something else congruent mod m if it helps.

7. CRGreathouse

3,682
Nope, $5\not\equiv8\pmod{13}$.

8. matt grime

9,395
Yes, I know. It was rhetorical/supposed to make the OP think about it, not someone for whom the question is easy.

9. krispiekr3am

23
the answer to 5x = 1 (mod 13) is x = 8 (mod 13)
and the answer to 13x = 2 (mod 23) is x = 9 (mod 23)
and the answer to 37x = 5 (mod 13) is x = 4 (mod 13)

10. matt grime

9,395
So those aren't sumultaneous equations then? It would greatly benefit you (and would stop you driving your teachers mad) if you wrote things unambiguously, and in full sentences.