Question

As shown in class, the Euclidean algorithm can be used to find solutions to equations of the form

ax + by = c


Use the Euclidean algorithm to find integers $x$ and $y$ such that $266x + 357y = 1,$ with the smallest possible positive value of $x$.

State your answer as a list with $x$ first and $y$ second, separated by a comma.



Note that while there are many pairs of integers $x$ and $y$ that satisfy this equation, there is only one pair that comes from using the Euclidean algorithm as described in class, and this pair solves the problem.

Answer 1

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(-37, 27)