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a. Prove: If a and d are positive integers and q and r are integers such that a = dq...

a. Prove: If a and d are positive integers and q and r are integers such that a = dq + r and 0 < r < d, then −a = d((q + 1)) + (d r ) and 0 < d r < d.

b. Indicate how to modify Algorithm 4.8.1 to allow for the input a to be negative.

Reference:

[Given a nonnegative integer a and a positive integer d, the aim of the algorithm is to find integers q and r that satisfy the conditions a = dq + r and 0 ≤ r < d. This is done by subtracting d repeatedly from a until the result is less than d but is still nonnegative.

0 ≤ a d d d −· · ·−d = a dq < d.

The total number of d’s that are subtracted is the quotient q. The quantity a dq equals the remainder r .]

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