Preview A Level Further Mathematics for OCR A Additional Pure Student Book

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OCR Further Maths Additional Pure Book

d x ≡ 9(mod 15), x ≡ 10(mod 17), x ≡ 11(mod 20) 14

Solve the following simultaneous linear congruences: a

x ≡ 9(mod 12), x ≡ 5(mod 8), x ≡ 3(mod 18)

b x ≡ 2(mod 3), x ≡ 5(mod 6), x ≡ 7(mod 8) c

x ≡ 3(mod 5), x ≡ 4(mod 6), x ≡ 4(mod 8)

d x ≡ 5(mod 8), x ≡ 3(mod 7), x ≡ 1(mod 9) Find the quadratic residues for: a

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modulo 6

b modulo 11 modulo 15

d modulo 20

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c

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Show that 3 is a quadratic residue of 23 and is a non-residue of 31.

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Solve the following congruences: a

x 2 ≡ 4(mod 9)

b x 2 ≡ 6(mod 10) x 2 ≡ 11(mod 14)

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c

d x 2 ≡ 7(mod 18)

If x 2 ≡ q(mod n), where n > 2, has one solution x ≡ x 0(mod n), state another solution in terms of n and x 0.

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Prove that the following have no solutions: a

x 2 ≡ 5(mod 9)

b x 2 ≡ 3(mod 7) c

x 2 ≡ 2(mod 16)

d x 2 ≡ 3(mod 19)

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List all the quadratic residues and all the quadratic non-residues for a

modulo 5

b modulo 7 c

modulo 11

d modulo 13 State the number of quadratic residues and non-residues for modulo p where p is prime. file:///C:/Profiles/j.raja/Desktop/New%20folder%20(2)/New%20folder%20(2)/P1.html

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