Then, we need to express this gcd as a linear combination of 162 and -48.
First, recall that $\text{gcd}(a, b) = \text{gcd}(|a|, |b|)$. So, $\text{gcd}(162, -48) = \text{gcd}(162, 48)$.
Now, we apply the Euclidean Algorithm to find $\text{gcd}(162, 48)$:
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