Just 6 digits

Find the last 6 digits in decimal representation of

29999 9 29999 2999 299 29 2 . \Large 299999^{{29999}^{{2999}^{{299}^{{29}^2}}}}.


The answer is 699999.

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1 solution

Stephen Brown
Nov 3, 2017

Binomial theorem gives us that ( 300000 1 ) n = ( 1 ) n + ( 1 ) n 1 ( 300000 n ) + . . . (300000-1)^n = (-1)^n + (-1)^{n-1}(300000n) + ... where n = 2999 9 299 9 29 9 2 9 2 n = 29999^{2999^{299^{29^{2}}}}

Subsequent terms will include at least 10 trailing zeros so can be ignored. Clearly n is odd, so ( 1 ) n = 1 (-1)^n = -1 ; the last six digits of 300000 n 300000n will be the last digit of 3 n 3n followed by 5 zeros.

The last digit of n = 2999 9 299 9 29 9 2 9 2 n = 29999^{2999^{299^{29^{2}}}} can also be found using the binomial theorem, as n = ( 30000 1 ) m n = (30000-1)^m , where m = 299 9 29 9 2 9 2 m = 2999^{299^{29^{2}}}

n = ( 1 ) m + ( 1 ) m 1 ( 30000 m ) + . . . n = (-1)^m + (-1)^{m-1}(30000m) + ... , and since m is clearly odd, ( 1 ) m = 1 (-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

@Mrigank Shekhar Pathak 299999 29999 2999 299 29 2 { { { { { 299999 } ^ { 29999 } } ^ { 2999 } } ^ { 299 } } ^ { 29 } } ^ { 2 } will be 1 1 last digit.

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