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Cancellation Law


If bc=bd (mod a) and (b,a)=1 (i.e., a and b are relatively prime), then c=d (mod a).


See also

Congruence

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References

Courant, R. and Robbins, H. What Is Mathematics?: An Elementary Approach to Ideas and Methods, 2nd ed. Oxford, England: Oxford University Press, p. 36, 1996.Shanks, D. Solved and Unsolved Problems in Number Theory, 4th ed. New York: Chelsea, p. 56, 1993.

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Weisstein, Eric W. "Cancellation Law." From MathWorld--A Wolfram Web Resource. https://mathworld.wolfram.com/CancellationLaw.html

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