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Find the units digit of:

n = 1 9 n n + 2 \prod_{n=1}^{9} n^{n+2}


The answer is 0.

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n = 1 9 n n + 2 = 1 3 × 2 4 × 3 5 × 4 6 × 5 7 × 6 8 × 7 9 × 8 10 × 9 11 \prod _{ n=1 }^{ 9 }{ { n }^{ n+2 } } = 1^{3} \times 2^{4} \times 3^{5} \times 4^{6} \times 5^{7} \times 6^{8} \times 7^{9} \times 8^{10} \times 9^{11}

From the operation, we know that there's prime factors of 2 2 and 5 5 , resulting 10 10 when multiplied, which its units digit is 0 0 .

Thus, the units digit of n = 1 9 n n + 2 \prod _{ n=1 }^{ 9 }{ { n }^{ n+2 } } is 0 \boxed {0}

A tricky problem, I like it!

Ahmad Naufal Hakim - 7 years, 2 months ago

This only works after 5^7

Nanayaranaraknas Vahdam - 7 years, 2 months ago

One thing though, it doesn't go up to 1 0 12 10^{12} ! It only goes up to 9 11 9^{11} .

Finn Hulse - 7 years, 2 months ago

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I'm sorry, another mistake from me. Fixed it.

Ahmad Naufal Hakim - 7 years, 2 months ago
Satvik Golechha
Mar 28, 2014

WOAH...The units, tens, hundredths, thousandths, ten thousandths, hundred thousandths, and the millionths digits are also zero.........by prime factorization.

Rasched Haidari
Jul 5, 2014

n = 1 9 n n + 2 = 1 3 × 2 4 × 3 5 × 4 6 × 5 7 × 6 8 × 7 9 × 8 10 × 9 11 \prod_{n=1}^{9} n^{n+2} = 1 ^{3}\times 2^{4} \times 3^{5}\times4^{6}\times 5^{7}\times6^{8}\times7^{9}\times8^{10}\times9^{11} By writing out some of the numbers by their factors and adding powers together , we can write this as 2 54 × 3 35 × 5 7 × 7 9 2^{54}\times3^{35}\times5^{7}\times7^{9} . If you examine the first 8 powers of 2 you can see a pattern. The unit digits always end in 2,4,8 and 6 and this repeats for the rest of the powers of 2. By using sequences you can work out that 2 54 2^{54} will end with 4 (its unit digit). This can be done for 3,5 and 7 which also have a pattern of repeating unit digits (does not take long to do). The unit digits for 3 35 , 5 7 3^{35},5^{7} and 7 9 7^{9} are 7,5 and 7 respectively. Knowing that the unit digits are 4,7,5 and 7 for the above numbers the product is 4 × 7 × 5 × 7 = 980 4\times7\times5\times7 = 980 which has a unit digit of 0 which is the answer.

2×5=10, end of story

Cédric Goemaere - 4 years, 7 months ago

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