Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge / 2004 / ib / Paper 3 / 14F / i / Solution

Put the generators into the rows of the integer matrixIts determinant is $5-2-21=-18$. A full-rank integer lattice generated by its rows has index equal to the absolute determinant, henceFor a direct verification, $u,v,e_3$ form a unimodular basis because their row determinant is $-1$, and $w=-7u+5v+18e_3$. In these integer coordinates $M=\mathbb{Z}u\oplus \mathbb{Z}v\oplus 18\mathbb{Z}{e}_3$, visibly leaving eighteen cosets.