Vibrant Colours of Powers

1 8 3 4 3 7 × 3 1 2 3 4 5 1 5 \huge {\color{#D61F06}1\color{#20A900}8^{\frac{\color{#3D99F6}3\color{#EC7300}4\color{#624F41}3}{\color{#BA33D6}7}} \times \color{#EC7300}3^{\frac{\color{#BA33D6}1\color{#3D99F6}2\color{#20A900}3\color{#EC7300}4\color{#D61F06}5}{\color{#20A900}1\color{#D61F06}5}}}

Find the last digit of given expression above.

6 2 0 8 4

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2 solutions

Aryan Gaikwad
Apr 7, 2015

18 343 / 7 3 12345 / 15 = 18 49 3 823 = 3 49 3 49 2 49 3 823 = 3 921 2 49 { 18 }^{ 343/7 }\cdot { 3 }^{ 12345/15 }\\ ={ 18 }^{ 49 }\cdot { 3 }^{ 823 }\\ ={ 3 }^{ 49 }\cdot { 3 }^{ 49 }\cdot { 2 }^{ 49 }\cdot { 3 }^{ 823 }\\ ={ 3 }^{ 921 }\cdot { 2 }^{ 49 }

Now one thing to note is that every digit from 0 to 9 has a pattern of 4 digits when raised to an exponential power. So for 3, it is:

For 3 1 { 3 }^{ 1 } last digit = 3 3

For 3 2 { 3 }^{ 2 } last digit = 9 9

For 3 3 { 3 }^{ 3 } last digit = 7 7

For 3 4 { 3 }^{ 4 } last digit = 1 1

And for 2 it is:

For 2 1 { 2 }^{ 1 } last digit = 2 2

For 2 2 { 2 }^{ 2 } last digit = 4 4

For 2 3 { 2 }^{ 3 } last digit = 8 8

For 2 4 { 2 }^{ 4 } last digit = 6 6

So last digits of 3 921 { 3 }^{ 921 } and 2 49 { 2 }^{ 49 } (found by using mod) are 3 and 2. So since, 3 2 3\cdot 2 is 6 6 , the last digit is 6 6

Lew Sterling Jr
Apr 7, 2015

Sir , I think that whole expansion is not needed here .

A Former Brilliant Member - 6 years, 2 months ago

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Just saying if anyone was curious on the digits.

Lew Sterling Jr - 6 years, 2 months ago

I knew someone would do this lol How did you get it? If you did it by hand I salute you but I sincerely doubt that no offense...

John Taylor - 6 years, 2 months ago

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I think its taken from wolfram alpha.

A Former Brilliant Member - 6 years, 2 months ago

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I some people who are able to do this by hand. I have done long problems with long answers before in the past...this one, however, has more digits that I had to redo to make sure they are accurate.

Lew Sterling Jr - 6 years, 2 months ago

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