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Problem 1433

National olympiad second round; IMO P1/P4
Number theory Difficulty 7.0 Find the answer

5. Solve the following systems of congruences:
(i) {x3(mod7)x5(mod11)\left\{\begin{array}{l}x \equiv 3 \quad(\bmod 7) \\ x \equiv 5 \quad(\bmod 11)\end{array}\right.
(ii) {x2(mod11),x5(mod7),x4(mod5).\left\{\begin{array}{ll}x \equiv 2 & (\bmod 11), \\ x \equiv 5 & (\bmod 7), \\ x \equiv 4 & (\bmod 5) .\end{array}\right.
(iii) {x1(mod7)3x4(mod5)8x4(mod9)\left\{\begin{array}{ll}x \equiv 1 & (\bmod 7) \\ 3 x \equiv 4 & (\bmod 5) \\ 8 x \equiv 4 & (\bmod 9)\end{array}\right.

Official solution

5.
(i) Solution: By the Chinese Remainder Theorem,
Given
Given
b1=3,b2=5,m1=7,m2=11,m=m1m2=7×11=77,M1=777=11,M2=7711=7.11M1=1(mod7), so M1=2.7M2=1(mod11), so M2=8.\begin{array}{c} b_{1}=3, \quad b_{2}=5, \quad m_{1}=7, \quad m_{2}=11, \\ m=m_{1} \cdot m_{2}=7 \times 11=77, \\ M_{1}=\frac{77}{7}=11, \quad M_{2}=\frac{77}{11}=7 . \\ 11 M_{1}^{\prime}=1 \quad(\bmod 7), \text { so } M_{1}^{\prime}=2 . \\ 7 M_{2}^{\prime}=1 \quad(\bmod 11), \text { so } M_{2}^{\prime}=8 . \end{array}

Therefore, the solution is
x3×11×2+5×7×834638(mod77)\begin{aligned} x & \equiv 3 \times 11 \times 2+5 \times 7 \times 8 \\ & \equiv 346 \equiv 38(\bmod 77) \end{aligned}
(ii) Solution: The moduli are pairwise coprime, so the Chinese Remainder Theorem can be used.
b1=2,b2=5,b3=4m1=11,m2=7,m3=5m=m1m2m3=11×7×5=385M1=38511=35,M2=3857=55M3=3855=77\begin{array}{c} b_{1}=2, \quad b_{2}=5, \quad b_{3}=4 \\ m_{1}=11, \quad m_{2}=7, \quad m_{3}=5 \\ m=m_{1} \cdot m_{2} \cdot m_{3}=11 \times 7 \times 5=385 \\ M_{1}=\frac{385}{11}=35, \quad M_{2}=\frac{385}{7}=55 \\ M_{3}=\frac{385}{5}=77 \end{array}

By
That is
35M11(mod11)35 M_{1}^{\prime} \equiv 1 \quad(\bmod 11)

So
(11×3+2)M11(mod11)2M11(mod11)\begin{array}{c} (11 \times 3+2) M_{1}^{\prime} \equiv 1 \quad(\bmod 11) \\ 2 M_{1}^{\prime} \equiv 1(\bmod 11) \end{array}
We get
M1=5M_{1}^{\prime}=-5

Similarly, by
55M21(mod7) i.e., 6M21(mod7)55 M_{2}^{\prime} \equiv 1(\bmod 7) , \quad \text { i.e., } 6 M_{2}^{\prime} \equiv 1(\bmod 7) ,

We get
M2=1M_{2}^{\prime}=-1

By
77M31(mod5), i.e., 2M31(mod5) , 77 M_{3}^{\prime} \equiv 1(\bmod 5) , \text { i.e., } 2 M_{3}^{\prime} \equiv 1(\bmod 5) \text { , }
We get
M3=3M_{3}^{\prime}=3

By the Chinese Remainder Theorem, the solution is
x2×35×(5)+5×55×(1)+4×77×3299(mod385)\begin{aligned} x \equiv & 2 \times 35 \times(-5)+5 \times 55 \times(-1) \\ & +4 \times 77 \times 3 \equiv 299 \quad(\bmod 385) \end{aligned}
(iii) Solution: From the second and third equations, we get
x3(mod5),x5(mod9)x \equiv 3(\bmod 5), \quad x \equiv 5(\bmod 9)

Combining the first equation with the above two equations, we can use the Chinese Remainder Theorem to solve.
b1=1,b2=3,b3=5m1=7,m2=5,m3=9m=m1m2m3=7×5×9=315\begin{array}{c} b_{1}=1, \quad b_{2}=3, \quad b_{3}=5 \\ m_{1}=7, \quad m_{2}=5, \quad m_{3}=9 \\ m=m_{1} \cdot m_{2} \cdot m_{3}=7 \times 5 \times 9=315 \end{array}
M1=3157=45,M2=3155=63,M3=3159=35M_{1}=\frac{315}{7}=45, \quad M_{2}=\frac{315}{5}=63, \quad M_{3}=\frac{315}{9}=35
By
45M11(mod7)45 M_{1}^{\prime} \equiv 1 \quad(\bmod 7) , we get M1=2M_{1}^{\prime}=-2 .
By 63M21(mod5)\quad 63 M_{2}^{\prime} \equiv 1(\bmod 5) , we get M2=2M_{2}^{\prime}=2 .
By 35M31(mod9)\quad 35 M_{3}^{\prime} \equiv 1(\bmod 9) , we get M3=1M_{3}^{\prime}=-1 .
Therefore,
x1×45×(2)+3×63×2+5×35×(1)113(mod315)\begin{aligned} x \equiv & 1 \times 45 \times(-2)+3 \times 63 \times 2 \\ & +5 \times 35 \times(-1) \equiv 113(\bmod 315) \end{aligned}

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