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If you make a multiplication table for the given ring, you can see that 6*x = x for all x in R, so 6 is the unity.
 
If you make a multiplication table for the given ring, you can see that 6*x = x for all x in R, so 6 is the unity.
 
The multiplication table is:
 
 
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    2 | 4 | 6 | 8
 
 
2 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 6
 
 
4 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2
 
 
6 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8
 
 
8 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 4
 
 
--[[User:Podarcze|Podarcze]] 16:39, 10 March 2009 (UTC)
 

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If you make a multiplication table for the given ring, you can see that 6*x = x for all x in R, so 6 is the unity.

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