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equation with remainder of the division
By Volodya333, history, 8 years ago, translation, In English

Problem statement: Given n and equation n*x % (x-n) = 0. How many solution. Thank in advance, and sorry for my poor English.

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This solution is wrong the reason is stated in the replies.

I'm not 100% sure about my solution but here you go.

since n*x%(x — n) = 0 then nx — m(x — n) = 0.

nx — mx + mn = 0

moving things around we get

nx = mx — mn => mx — mn = nx turning this into a congruence

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we choose x as the mod

we get mx = mn (mod x) => mn = 0 (mod x)

since we know the constant is n then mn — nx = 0

by solving for m we get m = x

by substituting in the first equation we get

nx — x(x — n) = 0

nx — xx + xn = 0

2nx — xx = 0

by solving for n we get n = x/2.

If there is anything wrong please note it out

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    we always have more than 1 answer, for example n = 6, x = 3 and n = 6, x = 4. The number of dividers of the number n is similar to the number of answers, but this is not true

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      Yes you are right I think the problem is in this line:

      we get mx = mn (mod x) => mn = 0 (mod x)

      since we know the constant is n then mn — nx = 0

      I considered the constant to remain n but since one of the two numbers changed then this is wrong.

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Just use that n*x % (x-n) = n*(x-n + n) % (x-n) = (n*(x-n) + n^2) % (x-n) = n^2 % (x-n).

So the number of solutions is just the numbers of divisors of n2.

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