Because congruence is analogous to equality, it is natural to ask about the analogues of linear equations, the simplest equations one can solve in algebra, but using congruence rather than equality. I...Because congruence is analogous to equality, it is natural to ask about the analogues of linear equations, the simplest equations one can solve in algebra, but using congruence rather than equality. In this section, we discuss linear congruences of one variable and their solutions.
Because congruences are analogous to equations, it is natural to ask about solutions of linear equations. In this section, we will be discussing linear congruences of one variable and their solutions.