If {X: 2 d- x d- 19; X integer} and 7 + x = 4 (mod 9), find the highest value of x
Answer Details
To solve this problem, we need to use the given conditions to find the possible values of x and then determine the highest value among them.
From the first condition, we know that x is an integer between 2 and 19 (inclusive) and can be represented as {X: 2 d- x d- 19; X integer}. This means that x can take on any of the following values: 2, 3, 4, ..., 18, 19.
The second condition tells us that 7 + x is congruent to 4 modulo 9, which can be written as:
7 + x ≡ 4 (mod 9)
To solve for x, we can subtract 7 from both sides of the congruence:
x ≡ -3 (mod 9)
Since we want x to be between 2 and 19, we can add or subtract multiples of 9 to -3 until we get a value within the range of possible values for x. Doing so, we obtain:
x ≡ -3 (mod 9)
x ≡ 15 (mod 9)
Since 15 is the largest value of x that satisfies both conditions, our answer is 15.