Quiz Diophantine Equations
Quiz Diophantine Equations
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BSED – Mathematics
b. A small clothing manufacturer produces two styles of sweaters: cardigan and pullover. She sells
cardigans for $31 each and pullovers for $28 each. If her total revenue from a day’s production is $1460,
how many of each type might she manufacture in a day?
c. When Mrs. Cruz cashed her cheque, the absent minded teller gave her as many cents as she should have
dollars, and as many dollars as she should have cents. Equally absent minded Mrs, Brown left with the
cash without noticing the discrepancy. It was only after she spent 5 cents that she noticed now she had
twice as much money as she should. What was the amount of her cheque?
Let x be the number of dollarsLet y be the number of cents Suppose $ 1=100 cents
2 ( 100 x + y )=100 y + x−5200 x+ 2 y =100 y + x−5199 x−98 y=−5 by Congruence
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199 x−98 y=−5199 x=−5+98 y199 x ≡−5 mod 98 x ≡ mod 98 x ≡ 31 mod 98x=31
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−98 y −6174
199 x−98 y=−5199 ( 31 )−98 y=−56169−98 y=−5−98 y=−5−6169 = y=63
−98 −98