3 7 n + 9 7 n x Find the minimum value of x with x is positive integer, such that the expression above always divisible by 555 for positive integer n .
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Since 1 0 3 and 5 5 5 are coprime and 9 7 × 1 0 3 ≡ 1 ( m o d 5 5 5 ) , and since 3 7 × 1 0 3 ≡ 4 8 1 ( m o d 5 5 5 ) , multiplying the original equation by 1 0 3 n means that we need to find the smallest positive integer x such that 4 8 1 n + x ≡ 0 ( m o d 5 5 5 ) for all positive integers n . Since 5 5 5 divides 4 8 1 × 4 8 0 we deduce that 4 8 1 2 ≡ 4 8 1 ( m o d 5 5 5 ) , and hence 4 8 1 n ≡ 4 8 1 ( m o d 5 5 5 ) for all positive integers n . Thus we simply need to find the smallest positive integer x such that 4 8 1 + x ≡ 0 ( m o d 5 5 5 ) , which is 7 4 .
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By the Chinese Remainder Theorem, we require the expression to be divisible by each of 3, 5, and 37. Taking the expression modulo each of these gives the following:
3 7 n + 9 7 n x 2 3 n x 3 7 n + 9 7 n x 2 n + 2 n x 2 n ( 1 + x ) 3 7 n + 9 7 n x 1 + x ≡ 0 ( m o d 3 7 ) ≡ 0 ( m o d 3 7 ) ≡ 0 ( m o d 5 ) ≡ 0 ( m o d 5 ) ≡ 0 ( m o d 5 ) ≡ 0 ( m o d 3 ) ≡ 0 ( m o d 3 ) .
For the first expression, we can divide both sides by 2 3 n and get x ≡ 0 ( m o d 3 7 ) , since any power of 23 will be relatively prime to 37. For the second expression, we can divide both sides by 2 n and get x + 1 ≡ 0 ( m o d 5 ) , since a power of two cannot divide five. Therefore, we seek the smallest positive integer x such that
x x x ≡ 0 ( m o d 3 7 ) ≡ − 1 ( m o d 5 ) ≡ − 1 ( m o d 3 ) .
Quick trial-and-error calculations with multiples of 37 yields x = 7 4 as the desired number.