4 - More Remainders

Find the remainder when 1 6 1 5 12 16^{ 15^{ 12 } } is divided by 13.


The answer is 1.

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1 solution

Maggie Miller
Aug 7, 2015

Since 15 15 is divisible by 3 3 , so is 1 5 12 15^{12} . Then 1 5 12 = 3 n 15^{12}=3n for some positive integer n n . We compute

1 6 1 5 12 3 3 n = 2 7 n 1 n = 1 ( m o d 13 ) 16^{15^{12}}\equiv 3^{3n}=27^n\equiv 1^n=\boxed{1}\pmod{13} .

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