$G$ cyclic group of order $24$, and $H=\langle x^6\rangle$, find the order of each element of $G/H$

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As the title says I have: $G$ cyclic group of order 24, and $H= \langle x^6 \rangle$ , we also know that $x$ is a generator of $G$ so, $\langle x \rangle = G$

i have to find the order of each element of the quotient group $G/H$

and say how many generators have $G/H$

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(answer adapted to some of the comments)

The order of $H$ is the order of its generator $x^6,$ i.e., 4. Therefore the order of $G/H$ is 6: there are 6 different cosets of the form $x^iH.$

We can choose the first powers of $x$ as representatives of these cosets:

$$G/H=\left\{H,xH,x^2H,x^3H,x^4H,x^5H\right\}$$

The order of an individual coset $x^iH$ is the smallest nonzero natural number $n$ such that $i.n$ is a multiple of 6.

Now at least one of the elements of $G/H$ turns out to have its order equal to the order of $G/H$ itself, implying that $G/H$ is cyclic.

A cyclic group is generated by an individual element $g$ iff the order of that element is the order of the group.