Query 19

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course Mth 151

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If your solution to stated problem does not match the given solution, you should self-critique per instructions at

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Your solution, attempt at solution. If you are unable to attempt a solution, give a phrase-by-phrase interpretation of the problem along with a statement of what you do or do not understand about it. This response should be given, based on the work you did in completing the assignment, before you look at the given solution.

026. `query 26

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Question: `q4.4.40 (was 5.4.12) What is [ (10+7) * (5+3) ] mod 10 and how did you get your result?

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Your solution:

[(10+7) * (5+3)]mod 10

First we must add the sums in parentheses.

[17 * 8] mod 10

Now we multiply

(136) mod 10

Now we divide 136 by 10. The remainder is 6 so our answer is:

[17 * 8] = 6(mod 10)

[(10+7) * (5+3)] = 6(mod 10)

confidence rating #$&*: 3

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Given Solution:

`a** x mod 10 is the remainder when x is divided by 10.

So [ (10+7) * (5 + 3) ] mod 10 = ( 17 * 8) mod 10 = 136 mod 10 = 6, since 136 / 10 leaves remainder 6. **

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Self-critique (if necessary):

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Self-critique Rating:3

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Question: `qquery 4.4.20 2 / 3 on 5-hour clock

What is 2 divided by 3 on a 5-hour clock, and how did you obtain this result?

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Your solution: I’m having trouble figuring this division out. I’ve looked in the book. Maybe I’ll understand if I look at the answer.

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Given Solution:

`a** You have to turn this one into a multiplication problem to get the correct answer.

In decimal numbers, for example, 60 / 20 = 3 because 3 * 20 = 60.

Whatever you get when you divide 2 by 3, when you multiply it by 3 you get 2. That is, if 2 / 3 = x, then 3 x = 2.

So what would you multiply by 3 to get 2 on a 5-hour clock?

It turns out that 3 * 4 = 2. So it follows that 2 / 3 = 4. **

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Self-critique (if necessary): Oh ho!!! I get it now! Yay!

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Self-critique Rating:0

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Question: `qquery 4.4.42 (3 - 27) mod 5

What is (3 - 27) mod 5, and how did you reason out your result?

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Your solution: (3-27)mod 5=1 I just went backwards around the clock counting to 27.

confidence rating #$&*: 3

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Given Solution:

`a** (3-27) mod 5 = -24 mod 5.

You would go all the way around around backwards 5 complete times to get -25, then move forward 1 to get to -24. That would put you at 1 on the actual clock. **

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Self-critique (if necessary): I think I must’ve kinda sorta gotten it right.

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Self-critique Rating:2

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Going backward around the clock is absolutely appropriate. If you start with that idea, you'll get the right solution.

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Question: `qquery 4.4.56 Find the positive integer solutions of the equation (5x-3) = 7 (mod 4)

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Your solution:

(5x-3) = 7(mod 4)

(5(1)-3)= 7 (mod4)

False

(5(2)-3) = 7(mod 4)

False

(5(3)-3)=7(mod 4)

15-3=7mod 4

False

(5 (10)-3 =7(mod4)

50-3= 7(mod 4)

47 = 7 (mod 4)

X=10

confidence rating #$&*: 2

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Given Solution:

`a** The solutions have to be integers, and the mod makes a difference in the algebra.

7 (mod 4) is 3.

Since (5x - 3) mod 4 = 7 mod 4, (5x - 3) mod 4 must be 3.

For x = 1, 2, 3, 4, ..., the expression 5x - 3 takes values 2, 7, 12, 17, 22, 27, 32, 37, ... .

These numbers, when divided by 4, give remainders 2, 3, 0, 1, 2, 3, 0, 1, 2, 3, 0, 1, 2, 3, 0, ... .

Thus every fourth number, mod 4, is equal to 3.

This starts with the second number, which occurs when x = 2.

Every fourth number, starting with 2, gives us the sequence 2, 6, 10, 14, ...

2 is the first solution, 4 is the difference between solutions.

Thus x can be any element in the set {2, 6, 10, 14, . . . }.

The general term of this sequence is 2 + 4 n. So we can also say that x = 2 + 4 n, where n = 0, 1, 2, 3, . . .

Checking these results:

If n = 0 then x = 2 + 4 * 0 = 2.

If n = 1 then x = 2 + 4 * 1 = 6.

If n = 2 then x = 2 + 4 * 2 = 10.

If n = 3 then x = 2 + 4 * 3 = 14.

etc.

These are the solutions obtained above to the equation. **

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Self-critique (if necessary): Ummm…. How did I manage to do all of that?! Well, x can equal 10.

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Question: `qquery 5.4.47 Give the table for addition mod 7 and list the properties of operation; show how the properties are proven

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Your solution: it is CLOSED

It is COMMUTATIVE

It is ASSOCIATIVE

I don’t think it is INVERSE

It does have an IDENTITY

1 2 3 4 5 6 7

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 1

2 3 4 5 6 7 1 2

3 4 5 6 7 1 2 3

4 5 6 7 1 2 3 4

5 6 7 1 2 3 4 5

6 7 1 2 3 4 5 6

7 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

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Given Solution:

`a** Your table should read

0 1 2 3 4 5 6

0 0 1 2 3 4 5 6

1 1 2 3 4 5 6 0

2 2 3 4 5 6 0 1

3 3 4 5 6 0 1 2

4 4 5 6 0 1 2 3

5 5 6 0 1 2 3 4

6 6 0 1 2 3 4 5

The operation is closed, since all numbers mod 7 are between 0 and 6. The only numbers on the table are 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6.

The operation has an identity, which is 0, because when added to any number 0 doesn't change that number. We can see this in the table because the row corresponding to 0 just repeats the numbers 0123456, as does the column beneath 0.

The operation is commutative--order doesn't matter because the table is symmetric about the main diagonal..

The operation has the inverse property because every number can be added to another number to get the identity 0: 0+7 = 0, 1+6=0, 2+5=0, 3+4=0. These numbers form pairs of inverses. This property can be seen from the table because the identity 0 appears exactly once in every row.

The operation is associative, since for any a, b, c we know that (a + b ) + c = a + ( b + c), and it follows that [ (a + b ) + c ] mod 7 must equal [ a + ( b + c) ] mod 7. **

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Self-critique (if necessary): I should’ve used 0 instead of 7.

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Question: `q4.4.50 table for mult mod 4 and properties of operation

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Your solution:

* 0 1 2 3

0 0 0 0 0

1 0 1 2 3

2 0 2 0 2

3 0 3 2 1

It is commutative because a*b=b*a

Its identity is zero.

It is associative because a*(b*c)=(a*b)*c

It is closed.

confidence rating #$&*: 2

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Given Solution:

`a** The correct table is

0 1 2 3

0 0 0 0 0

1 0 1 2 3

2 0 2 0 2

3 0 3 2 1

For example the row across from 2 is obtained as follows: 2 * 0 = 0 and 2 * 1 = 2, as always. Then 2 * 2 mod 4 = 4 mod 4, which is 0 and 2 * 3 mod 4 = 6 mod 4, which is 2.

the operation is closed because the results all come from the set {0, 1, 2, 3} being operated on

1 is the identity because the row and column for 1 both have 0,1,2,3 in that order, so 1 doesn't change a number when multiplied by that number.

0 and 2 lack inverses--they can't be combined with anything else to get 1--so the operation lacks the inverse property.

symmetry about the main diagonal implies commutativity

associativity follows from associativity of multiplication of real numbers**

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Self-critique (if necessary):I forgot to do the inverse, and I got the part about identity wrong.

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Right.

The identity is usually easy to identify.

Once you identify the identity, it's a good idea to immediately go on and check for inverses.

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Question: `qquery 5.4.66 y + [[ (y-1)/4 ]] - [[ (y-1) / 100 ]] + [[ (y-1) / 400 ]]; day of jan 1, 2002; smallest b with a = b (mod 7); b=0 Sunday etc.

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Your solution: a=y+[[(y-1)/4]]-[[(y-1)/100]]+[[(y-1)/400]]

A=2002+[[(2002-1)/4]] - [[(2002-1)/100]] + [[(2002-1)/400]]

A=2002 + [[2001/4]] - [[2001/100]] + [[2001/400]]

A=2002+500-20+5

A=2487

A=b(mod7)

2487= b(mod7)

2487=2(mod 7)

So if 0 equals Sunday then the first day of 2002 was a Tuesday.

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Given Solution:

`a** The calculation is

2002 + [[ 2002-1/4 ]] - [[ 2002-1/100 ]]+ [[ 2002-1/400 ]].

[[ Q ]] means the greatest integer contained in Q.

So we get

2002+ [[500.25]] - [[20.01]] + [[5.0025]]

= 2002 + 500 - 20 + 5

= 2487.

Now 2487 mod 7 is 2.

Sunday is 0, Monday is 1 so Tuesday is 2.**

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Question: `qquery 5.4.66 y + [[ (y-1)/4 ]] - [[ (y-1) / 100 ]] + [[ (y-1) / 400 ]]; day of jan 1, 2002; smallest b with a = b (mod 7); b=0 Sunday etc.

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Your solution: a=y+[[(y-1)/4]]-[[(y-1)/100]]+[[(y-1)/400]]

A=2002+[[(2002-1)/4]] - [[(2002-1)/100]] + [[(2002-1)/400]]

A=2002 + [[2001/4]] - [[2001/100]] + [[2001/400]]

A=2002+500-20+5

A=2487

A=b(mod7)

2487= b(mod7)

2487=2(mod 7)

So if 0 equals Sunday then the first day of 2002 was a Tuesday.

confidence rating #$&*: 3

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Given Solution:

`a** The calculation is

2002 + [[ 2002-1/4 ]] - [[ 2002-1/100 ]]+ [[ 2002-1/400 ]].

[[ Q ]] means the greatest integer contained in Q.

So we get

2002+ [[500.25]] - [[20.01]] + [[5.0025]]

= 2002 + 500 - 20 + 5

= 2487.

Now 2487 mod 7 is 2.

Sunday is 0, Monday is 1 so Tuesday is 2.**

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