Solving Diophantine Equations Using CRT

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The discussion focuses on solving a system of Diophantine equations using the Chinese Remainder Theorem (CRT). The equations are reduced modulo 5 and 7, yielding solutions (2,1) and (3,4) respectively. The participant correctly applies CRT to find x ≡ 17 (mod 35) and y ≡ 11 (mod 35) as the final solutions. This process illustrates the effective use of CRT in solving modular equations. The discussion confirms the validity of the approach taken to derive the solutions.
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ok, so I've never done a problem like this one before:

find all solutions:

24x + 11y == 4 (mod 35)
5x + 7y == -13 (mod 35).

This reduces to:
24x + 11y == 4 (mod 5)
5x + 7y == -13 (mod 5).

and
24x + 11y == 4 (mod 7)
5x + 7y == -13 (mod 7).

Solving the two, i get (2,1) and (3,4) respectively.
Do I now apply the CRT to get all the solutions?
 
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I'm not quite sure about it, but I think that you should now solve these systems

x == 2 (mod5)
x == 3 (mod7)

which gives x == 17 (mod35)

and

y == 1 (mod5)
y == 4 (mod7)

which gives y == 11 (mod35)
 
Yes, from the above, using CRT gives you :

x \equiv 17~(mod~35)~~y \equiv 11~(mod~35)
 
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