Discrete Mathematics and Its Applications, Seventh Edition

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Chapter 4 - Section 4.6 - Cryptography - Supplementary Exercises - Page 307: 11

Answer

$p=7* (c -13) mod 26$

Work Step by Step

Encryption function is - c = 15p + 13 mod 26. 15 * 7 = 105 = 1 mod 26. So the decryption function is p=7* (c -13) mod 26
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