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OpenStudy (anonymous):

6^-1 (mod 26)

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Do you know how to do it without gcfs?

OpenStudy (kinggeorge):

Note that \(\gcd(6, 26)=2\neq1\), so there is no inverse.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

that was supposed to be a 7

OpenStudy (kinggeorge):

Well, if you want to do it without gcf's or gcd's, the only way I know of that isn't guess and check, would be to somehow apply the Chinese Remainder Theorem.

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