The mod
residue of the integer
is 1,
the mod
residue of the integer
is 2, and
the mod
residue of the integer
is 3.
If , and the value of is minimized, what is ?
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We try to first find x and m:
When x has the residue 1 mod m, the for some integer k 1 :
m x − 1 = k 1
When x has the residue 2 mod m-1, the for some integer k 2 :
m − 1 x − 2 = k 2
When x has the residue 3 mod m-2, the for some integer k 3 :
m − 2 x − 3 = k 3
Now we can minimize m first.
m has to be greater than 1, so the most minimized value of m is 2. But 2-2=0, and you can't divide by 0, so we try m=3.
Plugging in m=3 we get:
3 x − 1
and:
2 x − 2
and:
1 x − 3
Using guess and check, we find that the minimum value of x is 4.
So the answer is 4+3= 7