Suppose that the equation ax  b .mod n/ is solvable (that is, d j b, where d D gcd.a; n/) and that x0 is any solution to this equation. Then, this equation has exactly d distinct solutions, modulo n, given by xi D x0 C i.n=d / for i D 0; 1; : : : ; d  1

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Suppose that the equation ax  b .mod n/ is solvable (that is, d j b, where
d D gcd.a; n/) and that x0 is any solution to this equation. Then, this equation has exactly d distinct solutions, modulo n, given by xi D x0 C i.n=d / for
i D 0; 1; : : : ; d  1

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