SOLUTION: Reconciling remainders. Find a positive integer smaller than 500 that has a remainder of 3 when divided by 5, a remainder of 6 when divided by 9, and a remainder of 8 when divided

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: Reconciling remainders. Find a positive integer smaller than 500 that has a remainder of 3 when divided by 5, a remainder of 6 when divided by 9, and a remainder of 8 when divided by 11.
This question is from textbook Elementary & Intermediate

Answer by ankor@dixie-net.com(22740) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Find a positive integer smaller than 500 that has a remainder of 3 when divided by 5,
a remainder of 6 when divided by 9,
and a remainder of 8 when divided by 11.
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the positive integer is 393
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The way I did it:
entered 3 equations into the TI83 and looked for an x value that gives an integer
value for y in all three equation
:
Enter these three equations, check the table
y1 =
y2 =
y3 =

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