A) find a number $0\leq x< 14$ that solves the congruence $9x \equiv 9 \pmod{14}$.
b) find a number $0\leq x< 5$ that solves the congruence $3x \equiv 4 \pmod{5}$.
c)find a number $0\leq x< 1000$ that solves the congruence $999x \equiv 998 \pmod{1000}$.
d)find a number $0\leq x< 21$ that solves the congruence $4x \equiv 17 \pmod{21}$.

 

A) Find a number  that solves the congruence .

means that 9x-9 is a multiple of 14, 

that is 9(x-1) is a multiple of 14. A clear solution in the set is x=1

b) Find a number  that solves the congruence .

means that 3x-4 is a multiple of 5, 

x∈{0, 1, 2, 3, 4} , so for these values 3x-4 becomes {-4, -1, 2, 5, 8}.

so x= 3 

c)Find a number  that solves the congruence .

means that 999x-998 is a multiple of 1,000

we can check that for x=2,         999*2-998=1,998-998=1,000

d)Find a number  that solves the congruence

means that 4x-17 is a multiple of 21, 

fro x=7, 4x=28 and so 4x-17=28-17=21 is a multiple of 21.

Answers:

A) 1
B) 3
C) 2
D) 4

Yes, that is the correct formula. to solve this problem given the number of years, plug in the number of years for t and plug the whole thing into the