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Transform the equations
You used one or more of the fields on the left, so your equations are of the form bx ≡ a mod m.
We want them to be of the form x ≡ a mod m, so we need to move the values on the left to the right side of the equation.
For a more detailed explanation about how this works, see this part of our page about how to execute the Chinese Remainder algorithm.
First, we calculate the inverses of the leftmost value on each row:
| n | b | q | r | t1 | t2 | t3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 587 | 727 | 0 | 587 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 727 | 587 | 1 | 140 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 587 | 140 | 4 | 27 | 0 | 1 | -4 |
| 140 | 27 | 5 | 5 | 1 | -4 | 21 |
| 27 | 5 | 5 | 2 | -4 | 21 | -109 |
| 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 21 | -109 | 239 |
| 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | -109 | 239 | -587 |
Source: ExtendedEuclideanAlgorithm.com
| n | b | q | r | t1 | t2 | t3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 489 | 10 | 48 | 9 | 0 | 1 | -48 |
| 10 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 1 | -48 | 49 |
| 9 | 1 | 9 | 0 | -48 | 49 | -489 |
Source: ExtendedEuclideanAlgorithm.com
| n | b | q | r | t1 | t2 | t3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 257 | 686 | 0 | 257 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 686 | 257 | 2 | 172 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 257 | 172 | 1 | 85 | 0 | 1 | -1 |
| 172 | 85 | 2 | 2 | 1 | -1 | 3 |
| 85 | 2 | 42 | 1 | -1 | 3 | -127 |
| 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | -127 | 257 |
Source: ExtendedEuclideanAlgorithm.com
Click on any row to reveal a more detailed calculation of each multiplicative inverse.
Now that we now the inverses, let's move the leftmost value on each row to the right of the equation:
x ≡ 290 × 727-1 (mod 587) ≡ 290 × 239 (mod 587) ≡ 44 (mod 587)x ≡ 182 × 10-1 (mod 489) ≡ 182 × 49 (mod 489) ≡ 116 (mod 489)x ≡ 687 × 686-1 (mod 257) ≡ 687 × 130 (mod 257) ≡ 131 (mod 257)
So now we have the following equations of the form x ≡ a (mod m):
x ≡ 44 (mod 587)
x ≡ 116 (mod 489)
x ≡ 131 (mod 257)
Now the actual calculation
- Find the common modulus M
M = m1 × m2 × ... × mk = 587 × 489 × 257 = 73770051 - We calculate the numbers M1 to M3
M1=M/m1=73770051/587=125673,M2=M/m2=73770051/489=150859,M3=M/m3=73770051/257=287043 - We now calculate the modular multiplicative inverses M1-1 to M3-1
Have a look at the page that explains how to calculate modular multiplicative inverse.
Using, for example, the Extended Euclidean Algorithm, we will find that:
So our multiplicative inverse is -32 mod 587 ≡ 555n b q r t1 t2 t3 587 125673 0 587 0 1 0 125673 587 214 55 1 0 1 587 55 10 37 0 1 -10 55 37 1 18 1 -10 11 37 18 2 1 -10 11 -32 18 1 18 0 11 -32 587
Source: ExtendedEuclideanAlgorithm.com
So our multiplicative inverse is 196 mod 489 ≡ 196n b q r t1 t2 t3 489 150859 0 489 0 1 0 150859 489 308 247 1 0 1 489 247 1 242 0 1 -1 247 242 1 5 1 -1 2 242 5 48 2 -1 2 -97 5 2 2 1 2 -97 196 2 1 2 0 -97 196 -489
Source: ExtendedEuclideanAlgorithm.com
So our multiplicative inverse is -89 mod 257 ≡ 168n b q r t1 t2 t3 257 287043 0 257 0 1 0 287043 257 1116 231 1 0 1 257 231 1 26 0 1 -1 231 26 8 23 1 -1 9 26 23 1 3 -1 9 -10 23 3 7 2 9 -10 79 3 2 1 1 -10 79 -89 2 1 2 0 79 -89 257
Source: ExtendedEuclideanAlgorithm.com
- Now we can calculate x with the equation we saw earlier
x = (a1 × M1 × M1-1 + a2 × M2 × M2-1 + ... + ak × Mk × Mk-1) mod M
= (44 × 125673 × 555 +
116 × 150859 × 196 +
131 × 287043 × 168) mod 73770051
= 53888405 (mod 73770051)
So our answer is 53888405 (mod 73770051).
Verification
So we found that x ≡ 53888405
If this is correct, then the following statements (i.e. the original equations) are true:
727x (mod 587) ≡ 290 (mod 587)
10x (mod 489) ≡ 182 (mod 489)
686x (mod 257) ≡ 687 (mod 257)
Let's see whether that's indeed the case if we use x ≡ 53888405.