Find all solutions of 123x 57y 531Solution123x57y 531 123
Find all solutions of 123x + 57y = 531.
Solution
123x+57y = 531
123=41x3
and 57 = 19x3
Hence we can rewrite the equation as
41x+19y = 177
By trial and error we find that when x =2
41(2)+19y = 177
Or 19y = 95
y =5
Hence (2,5) = (x,y) satisfies this
coefficient of y is prime = 19
if we increase of decrease x by 19 or multiples of 19 we get integral answers for y
x=21, y = -36, x=40, y =-77, x = -19, y = -17, ,,,,
Or solutions would be of the form
x = 2+19z where z belongs to set of integers
and y =5-41z
