Using Fermat's little theorem, find the least residue of the multiplicative inverse of 5^53 - 4 modulo 53.

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Using Fermat's little theorem, find the least residue of the multiplicative inverse of

5^53 - 4

modulo 53. (Note that 53 is prime.)

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