Invertibility of integers modulo $20$

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Find the Number of elements which are not invertible in the set of integers $\{0, 1, 2, 3, ..... 19\}$ modulo $20$.

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I have tried finding the elements which satisfies $k$*(element) mod $20 = 1$ where $k>1;$ the elements which satisfy the equation indeed are the co-primes of $20.$
There are $12$ such elements. Is this correct?

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The prime factorization of $20$ is $2^2\times5$, so multiples of $2$ and $5$ are not invertible modulo $20$.

That leaves the following $8$ invertible residues modulo $20$: $1, 3, 7, 9, 11, 13, 17$, and $19.$

Accordingly, Euler's totient function of $20$, $\phi(20)=\phi(4)\times\phi(5)=2\times4=8.$