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Lecture – 57: Properties of GCD and Bezout’s Theorem

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Practice Questions

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Question 1 Easy

What is the GCD of 24 and 36?

💡 Hint: Use the prime factorization method.

Question 2 Easy

State Bezout’s theorem in your own words.

💡 Hint: Think about what linear combinations mean.

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Question 1

What is Bezout's theorem?

A method to find primes
A theorem about GCD and linear combinations
An algorithm to find the multiplicative inverse

💡 Hint: Think about what the theorem involves.

Question 2

True or False: The multiplicative inverse of a number a modulo N exists if and only if GCD(a, N) = 1.

True
False

💡 Hint: Consider the relationship between inverses and GCD.

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Challenge 1 Hard

Prove that for any integers a and b, there exist integers x and y such that ax + by = gcd(a, b).

💡 Hint: Use examples such as (252, 198) during your proof.

Challenge 2 Hard

Given a = 13 and N = 24, find the multiplicative inverse modulo N.

💡 Hint: Use the extended Euclidean algorithm to compute this.

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