Hint for Section 10.3 Question 6

6. a) In part a) of Question 4 you proved that the relation r on the set of integers, where m r n if, and only if, 7 | (m - n), was an equivalence relation. Generalize that proof  to show that d is also an equivalence relation.

b) It might help to think of the equivalence classes as being the possible remainders when an integer is divided by d.

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