eli5: why 3 pairs (or maybe 2?) of cleartext and ciphertext letters are needed to determine an affine cipher?

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eli5: why 3 pairs (or maybe 2?) of cleartext and ciphertext letters are needed to determine an affine cipher?

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An affine cipher requires 3 pairs of cleartext and ciphertext letters for encryption due to the mathematical properties involved in the algorithm.

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