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If A = 4 0 + 4 1 + 4 2 + 4 3 + . . . + 4 2017 + 4 2018 A = 4^{0} + 4^{1} + 4^{2} + 4^{3} + ... + 4^{2017} + 4^{2018} , find the last digit of A A .

5 9 1 7

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Chew-Seong Cheong
Jun 14, 2018

We need to find A m o d 10 A \bmod 10 .

A 4 0 + 4 1 + 4 2 + 4 3 + 4 4 + 4 5 + 4 6 + + 4 2017 + 4 2018 (mod 10) 1 + ( 4 1 + 4 2 ) + 4 2 ( 4 1 + 4 2 ) + 4 4 ( 4 1 + 4 2 ) + + 4 2016 ( 4 1 + 4 2 ) (mod 10) 1 + 20 + 4 2 ( 20 ) + 4 4 ( 20 ) + + 4 2016 ( 20 ) (mod 10) 1 (mod 10) \begin{aligned} A & \equiv 4^0 + 4^1 + 4^2 + 4^3 + 4^4 + 4^5 + 4^6 + \cdots + 4^{2017} + 4^{2018} \text{ (mod 10)} \\ & \equiv 1 + (4^1 + 4^2) + 4^2(4^1 + 4^2) + 4^4(4^1 + 4^2) + \cdots + 4^{2016}(4^1 + 4^2) \text{ (mod 10)} \\ & \equiv 1 + 20 + 4^2(20) + 4^4(20) + \cdots + 4^{2016}(20) \text{ (mod 10)} \\ & \equiv \boxed{1} \text{ (mod 10)} \end{aligned}

How about this Sir ? Since there are even number of 4's which result in 1009, 4's and 1009, 6's. Adding we find last digit to be 0 and further adding it 1 we have last digit as 1. :)

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Ram Mohith - 2 years, 11 months ago

A = 4 2019 1 3 = B 3 A = \frac{4^{2019} - 1}{3} = \frac{B}{3} and B B is divisible by 3. (Let B = 4 2019 1 B = 4^{2019} - 1 ).

4 2019 4^{2019} ends at 4. This implies that B B ends at 3 and hence A A finishes at 1, because B B without the last digit 3, is also divisible by 3 (the sum of its digits is divisible by 3).

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