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Determine What Is the Units Digit in the Decimal Representation of the Number N = ( 2222 2 55555 + 5555 5 22222 ) 33333 + ( 3333 3 77777 + 7777 7 33333 ) 44444 N=( 22222^{55555} + 55555^{22222})^{33333} + (33333^{77777} + 77777^{33333})^{44444}


The answer is 3.

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2 solutions

Sunil Pradhan
Apr 2, 2014

unit digit in 22222^55555 is same as 2^55555 unit digit in this = 2^3 = 8 (to find this index/4 find remainder 55555/4 remainder is 3 so unit digit is 2^3 = 8

unit digit in 55555^22222 is same as 5^2 unit digit in this = 5

(8 + 5)^33333 unit digit is 3

similarly unit digit in (33333^77777 + 77777^33333)^44444 = 0^44444 = 0

answer is 3 + 0 = 3

Antony Diaz
Jun 4, 2014

( 22222 55555 + 55555 22222 ) 33333 + ( 33333 77777 + 77777 33333 ) 44444 { ({ 22222 }^{ 55555 }+{ 55555 }^{ 22222 }) }^{ 33333 }+{ ({ 33333 }^{ 77777 }+{ 77777 }^{ 33333 }) }^{ 44444 }

First, to analyse, I have that: 22222 55555 2 55555 2 5 ( 11111 ) 2 11111 8 ( m o d 10 ) { 22222 }^{ 55555 }\equiv { 2 }^{ 55555 }\equiv { 2 }^{ 5(11111) }\equiv { 2 }^{ 11111 }\equiv 8\quad (mod\quad 10)

55555 22222 5 22222 5 2 ( 11111 ) 5 11111 5 ( m o d 10 ) { 55555 }^{ 22222 }\equiv { 5 }^{ 22222 }\equiv 5^{ 2(11111) }\equiv 5^{ 11111 }\equiv 5\quad (mod\quad 10)

So 8 + 5 = 3 a n d 3 33333 3 ( m o d 10 ) 8+5=3 and { 3 }^{ 33333 }\equiv 3\quad (mod\quad 10) .

33333 77777 3 77777 3 7 ( 11111 ) 7 11111 3 ( m o d 10 ) \\ { 33333 }^{ 77777 }\equiv { 3 }^{ 77777 }\equiv 3^{ 7(11111) }\equiv 7^{ 11111 }\equiv 3\quad (mod\quad 10)

77777 33333 7 33333 7 3 ( 11111 ) 7 11111 7 ( m o d 10 ) { 77777 }^{ 33333 }\equiv { 7 }^{ 33333 }\equiv 7^{ 3(11111) }\equiv 7^{ 11111 }\equiv 7\quad (mod\quad 10)

So ( 3 + 7 ) 44444 = ( 0 ) 44444 0 ( m o d 10 ) { (3+{ 7 }) }^{ 44444 }={ (0) }^{ 44444 }\equiv 0\quad (mod\quad 10)

Them the answer is 3.

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