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How many solutions do $x^{p-1} equiv 1 pmod p$ and $x^{p-1} equiv 2 pmod p$ have?

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2 This is my first post so I apologize for any kind of error. I'm preparing a magistral degree exam in number theory, and I'm performing some exercise. I'm asking here this question: how can I prove how many solutions there are for $x^{p-1} equiv 1pmod p$ and $x^{p-1} equiv 2 pmod p$ ? Edit: $p$ is an odd prime. elementary-number-theory modular-arithmetic share | cite | improve this question edited Nov 26 at 9:42 Batominovski 33.7k 3 32 92 asked Nov 26 at 9:07 Alessar