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Modulo Arithmetic & Congruence · Question 96 of 97

Question 96

HardOriginal question

Which class in Z10\mathbb{Z}_{10} has no multiplicative inverse?

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CorrectNot quiteAnswer D

Correct answer: D

Explanation

  1. [a][a] has an inverse modulo 10 exactly when aa and 10 have no common factor.

  2. 4 shares the factor 2 with 10, so 4x4x is always even and never ≡1\equiv 1. The others: 3×7=213 \times 7 = 21, 7×3=217 \times 3 = 21, 9×9=819 \times 9 = 81, all ≡1\equiv 1.

Worth noting

[9][9] is its own inverse, since 81≡1(mod10)81 \equiv 1 \pmod{10}.

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Classes with an inverse
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