Find the last 6 digits in decimal representation of
2 9 9 9 9 9 2 9 9 9 9 2 9 9 9 2 9 9 2 9 2 .
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@Mrigank Shekhar Pathak 2 9 9 9 9 9 2 9 9 9 9 2 9 9 9 2 9 9 2 9 2 will be 1 last digit.
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Binomial theorem gives us that ( 3 0 0 0 0 0 − 1 ) n = ( − 1 ) n + ( − 1 ) n − 1 ( 3 0 0 0 0 0 n ) + . . . where n = 2 9 9 9 9 2 9 9 9 2 9 9 2 9 2
Subsequent terms will include at least 10 trailing zeros so can be ignored. Clearly n is odd, so ( − 1 ) n = − 1 ; the last six digits of 3 0 0 0 0 0 n will be the last digit of 3 n followed by 5 zeros.
The last digit of n = 2 9 9 9 9 2 9 9 9 2 9 9 2 9 2 can also be found using the binomial theorem, as n = ( 3 0 0 0 0 − 1 ) m , where m = 2 9 9 9 2 9 9 2 9 2
n = ( − 1 ) m + ( − 1 ) m − 1 ( 3 0 0 0 0 m ) + . . . , and since m is clearly odd, ( − 1 ) m = − 1 , and so the last digit of n is 9.
Thus the last digit of 3n is 7, and the last six digits of the given number are 700000-1 = 699999