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Since we want to determine the unit digit of N , set N m o d 1 0 . For the computation, since 2 and 4 are not relatively prime to 1 0 , consider evaluating m o d 2 and m o d 5 separately.
For m o d 2 , since 3 ≡ 1 m o d 2 and 4 ≡ 2 ≡ 0 m o d 2 , N ≡ 1 m o d 2 .
For m o d 5 , since 5 is relatively prime to 2 , 3 , 4 , apply Euler's theorem , so a 4 ≡ 1 m o d 5 where g cd ( a , 5 ) = 1 and ϕ ( 5 ) = 4 . So N = ( 2 4 ) 5 0 + ( 3 4 ) 5 0 + ( 4 4 ) 5 0 ≡ 1 + 1 + 1 m o d 5 ≡ 3 m o d 5
We then have N N ≡ 1 m o d 2 ≡ 3 m o d 5 Observe that N must be an odd integer (which immediately satisfies the first congruence). Thus, N = 3 , being the odd integer satisfying the system of congruences.
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Since 1 0 = 2 × 5 , let us consider the prime factors separately.
N ⟹ N ≡ 2 2 0 0 + 3 3 0 0 + 4 4 0 0 (mod 2) ≡ 0 + 1 + 0 ≡ 1 (mod 2) ≡ 2 n + 1 (mod 10) where n is an integer.
Since 2, 3 and 4 is each a coprime integer with 5, we can applies Euler's theorem as follows.
N ≡ 2 2 0 0 + 3 3 0 0 + 4 4 0 0 (mod 5) ≡ 2 2 0 0 mod ϕ ( 5 ) + 3 3 0 0 mod ϕ ( 5 ) + 4 4 0 0 mod ϕ ( 5 ) (mod 5) ≡ 2 2 0 0 mod 4 + 3 3 0 0 mod 4 + 4 4 0 0 mod 4 (mod 5) ≡ 2 0 + 3 0 + 4 0 ≡ 1 + 1 + 1 ≡ 3 (mod 5) Euler’s totient function ϕ ( 5 ) = 4
Therefore, we have:
N 2 n + 1 ⟹ n ⟹ N ≡ 3 (mod 5) ≡ 3 (mod 5) = 1 ≡ 2 n + 1 ≡ 3 (mod 10)