hisoka Posted February 28, 2018 Share Posted February 28, 2018 Hello I put this question in general section as it has something to do with math : x modulo 20 = 33 . How to get the value of x ? any help would be appreciated Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ingolme Posted February 28, 2018 Share Posted February 28, 2018 x modulo 20 should always be a number smaller than 20. Since 33 is greater than 20 that equation is false. I'll be using "%" as a shorthand for modulo since most programming languages do that. If you ask me how to find a number that satisfies the equation x % 20 = k, I'd go by the definition that the modulo is the remainder of the division. This means that the equation can be rewritten as this: (x - k) / 20 = n, where n is any natural number. Solving for x you would get x = 20 * n + k. There are as many solutions as values of n. Since there are infinite natural numbers there are infinite solutions. Since k cannot possibly have 33 as a value, here are a few solutions for k = 10 instead: 30 % 20 = 10 50 % 20 = 10 70 % 20 = 10 150 % 20 = 10 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hisoka Posted February 28, 2018 Author Share Posted February 28, 2018 wonderful , thank you very much Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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