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Decode the following Vigenere, which is a definition from my APUSH hw that has been encoded with the keyword "encomienda"
E FROZQWU OAFBT GKAXRP IR JJWOP XUH STNPWMZHF PAHR VVQ VEGLVI NOSDQGNQS ABTY RWV GKEQ VP SJKLNQGI SQF FMEPKIRT VVQU GUUIWGKOZQXL.
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Anomaly wrote:
Decode the following Vigenere, which is a definition from my APUSH hw that has been encoded with the keyword "encomienda"
E FROZQWU OAFBT GKAXRP IR JJWOP XUH STNPWMZHF PAHR VVQ VEGLVI NOSDQGNQS ABTY RWV GKEQ VP SJKLNQGI SQF FMEPKIRT VVQU GUUIWGKOZQXL.
A Spanish labor system in which the Spaniards made the Native Americans work for them in exchange for teaching them Christianity.
Oh boy, APUSH... my favorite class :lol:
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dragonfruit35 wrote:
Anomaly wrote:
Decode the following Vigenere, which is a definition from my APUSH hw that has been encoded with the keyword "encomienda"
E FROZQWU OAFBT GKAXRP IR JJWOP XUH STNPWMZHF PAHR VVQ VEGLVI NOSDQGNQS ABTY RWV GKEQ VP SJKLNQGI SQF FMEPKIRT VVQU GUUIWGKOZQXL.
A Spanish labor system in which the Spaniards made the Native Americans work for them in exchange for teaching them Christianity.
Oh boy, APUSH... my favorite class :lol:
ew ew ew ew apush lmao
but yeah you're correct
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If a number x encoded with RSA public key (35, 5) equals 24, what does x equal?
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dragonfruit35 wrote:If a number x encoded with RSA public key (35, 5) equals 24, what does x equal?
assuming 35 is n and 5 is e, 35 factored is 7 and 5. minus one each is 6 and 4. 6*4=24. 5X=1mod24, 5=X. 24^5mod35=19 so x is equal to 19
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Name wrote:
dragonfruit35 wrote:If a number x encoded with RSA public key (35, 5) equals 24, what does x equal?
assuming 35 is n and 5 is e, 35 factored is 7 and 5. minus one each is 6 and 4. 6*4=24. 5X=1mod24, 5=X. 24^5mod35=19 so x is equal to 19
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Solve this aristocrat that is about 4 particularly obscure words. The quote is from W. P. Kinsella. The ciphertext A translates into a Z.
TZAZHZ, JOFYPSBCMF, QBODSFBUJD, QIBOUBTNBHPSJB- BOZPOF XIP DBO VTF UIPTF GPVS XPSET JO POF TFOUFODF XJMM OFWFS IBWF UP EP NBOVBM MBCPS.” — X. Q. LJOTFMMB.
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Name wrote:Solve this aristocrat that is about 4 particularly obscure words. The quote is from W. P. Kinsella. The ciphertext A translates into a Z.
TZAZHZ, JOFYPSBCMF, QBODSFBUJD, QIBOUBTNBHPSJB- BOZPOF XIP DBO VTF UIPTF GPVS XPSET JO POF TFOUFODF XJMM OFWFS IBWF UP EP NBOVBM MBCPS.” — X. Q. LJOTFMMB.
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jimmy-bond wrote:
Name wrote:Solve this aristocrat that is about 4 particularly obscure words. The quote is from W. P. Kinsella. The ciphertext A translates into a Z.
TZAZHZ, JOFYPSBCMF, QBODSFBUJD, QIBOUBTNBHPSJB- BOZPOF XIP DBO VTF UIPTF GPVS XPSET JO POF TFOUFODF XJMM OFWFS IBWF UP EP NBOVBM MBCPS.” — X. Q. LJOTFMMB.
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Another Baconian:
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