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Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2009 ii Paper 1 1G Solution by
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The Chinese remainder theorem says that for pairwise coprime positive moduli , every choice of residues determines exactly one residue class modulo . Equivalently is an isomorphism under reduction.
The first two modular congruences combine to . Reducing this expression modulo seven gives , so . Consequently all integer solutions areThe moduli are pairwise coprime, so the Chinese remainder theorem guarantees that this is the entire solution class.
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