Which of the residues 0, 1, 2, 3, 4 satisfy the congruence x^5 = 0 mod 5?
I'm not clear on what the problem states, but I'm assuming it means that 0,1,2,3,4 are plugged in as x.
So, see...
What the equation is saying is that x^5 must be divisble by 5.
Let's plug in numbers
05≡0(mod5) so it works
15=1≡1(mod5) so it doesn't work
25=32≡2(mod5) so it doesn't work
35=243≡3(mod5) so it doesn't work
45=1024≡4(mod5) so it doesn't work
So the only one that works is 0.
Then again, residue is usually used as the remainder, but I hope my asusmption is correct.
Thanks! :)