Question 96
HardOriginal questionWhich class in has no multiplicative inverse?
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CorrectNot quiteAnswer D
Correct answer: D
Explanation
has an inverse modulo 10 exactly when and 10 have no common factor.
4 shares the factor 2 with 10, so is always even and never . The others: , , , all .
Worth noting
is its own inverse, since .
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- Classes with an inverse
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