Last digit

Find the last digit of 1 5 + 2 5 + 3 5 + + 9 9 5 1^5+2^5+3^5+\cdots+99^5 .


The answer is 0.

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4 solutions

Viki Zeta
Sep 30, 2016

S = U ( 1 5 + 2 5 + 3 5 + + 9 9 5 ) S = U ( U ( 1 5 + 9 9 5 ) + U ( 2 5 + 9 8 5 ) + U ( 3 5 + 9 7 5 ) + U ( ) + U ( 4 9 5 + 5 1 5 ) + U ( 5 0 5 ) ) S = U ( 0 + 0 + 0 + + 0 + 0 ) S = 0 S = U(~1^5 + 2^5 + 3^5 + \ldots + 99^5 ~)\\ S = U(~U(1^5 + 99^5) + U(2^5 + 98^5) + U(3^5 + 97^5) + U(\ldots) + U(49^5 + 51^5) + U(50^5)~) \\ S = U(0 + 0 + 0 + \ldots + 0 + 0) \\ S = 0

The big U U represents function which returns unit digit of given integer.

Akeel Howell
Oct 5, 2016

For 1 5 + 2 5 + 3 5 + + 9 9 5 1^5+2^5+3^5+\cdots+99^5 , the last digit of each term repeats itself 10 times throughout the sequence so ( 1 5 + 2 5 + 3 5 + + 9 9 5 ) ( m o d 10 ) (1^5+2^5+3^5+\cdots+99^5) \pmod{10} becomes 10 ( 1 5 + 2 5 + 3 5 + + 9 5 ) ( m o d 10 ) 10(1^5+2^5+3^5+\cdots+9^5) \pmod{10} . Since 10 m o d ( 10 ) 0 m o d ( 10 ) 10\mod(10)\equiv{0}\mod(10) the product becomes 0 ( 1 5 + 2 5 + 3 5 + + 9 5 ) ( m o d 10 ) 0(1^5+2^5+3^5+\cdots+9^5)\pmod {10} which is simply 0 \boxed{0}

Chew-Seong Cheong
Sep 30, 2016

S = k = 1 99 k 5 Using the identity k = a b f ( k ) = k = a b f ( a + b k ) = 1 2 k = 1 99 ( k 5 + ( 100 k ) 5 ) = 1 2 k = 1 99 ( k 5 + ( 10 0 5 5 10 0 4 k + 10 10 0 3 k 2 10 10 0 2 k 3 + 3 100 k 4 k 5 ) ) = 1 2 k = 1 99 ( 10 0 5 5 10 0 4 k + 10 10 0 3 k 2 10 10 0 2 k 3 + 3 100 k 4 ) = 50 k = 1 99 ( 10 0 4 5 10 0 3 k + 10 10 0 2 k 2 10 100 k 3 + 3 k 4 ) \begin{aligned} S & = \sum_{k=1}^{99} k^5 \quad \quad \small \color{#3D99F6}{\text{Using the identity }\sum_{k=a}^b f(k) =\sum_{k=a}^b f(a+b-k)} \\ & = \frac 12 \sum_{k=1}^{99} \left(k^5 + (100-k)^5\right) \\ & = \frac 12 \sum_{k=1}^{99} \left(\color{#D61F06}{k^5} + (100^5-5\cdot 100^4\cdot k+10\cdot 100^3 \cdot k^2-10\cdot 100^2\cdot k^3+3\cdot 100\cdot k^4-\color{#D61F06}{k^5}) \right) \\ & = \frac 12 \sum_{k=1}^{99} \left(100^5-5\cdot 100^4\cdot k+10\cdot 100^3 \cdot k^2-10\cdot 100^2\cdot k^3+3\cdot 100\cdot k^4 \right) \\ & = 50 \sum_{k=1}^{99} \left(100^4-5\cdot 100^3\cdot k+10\cdot 100^2 \cdot k^2-10\cdot 100\cdot k^3+3k^4 \right) \end{aligned}

We note that S S is divisible by 10 10 , therefore the last digit of S S is 0 \boxed{0} .

Md Zuhair
Sep 29, 2016

Here we know that ( a + b ) p = 0 (a+b)^p = 0 m o d ( a + b ) mod (a+b) or ( a + b ) p (a+b)^p is divisible by ( a + b ) (a+b) hence 1 5 + 9 9 5 + 2 5 + 9 8 5 + . . . . . . . . 1^5 +99^5 + 2^5 + 98^5 + ........ ( Like this pair wise) Hence we know 1 5 + 9 9 5 1^5+99^5 is divisible by ( 1 + 99 ) = 100 (1+99) = 100 and ( 2 5 + 9 8 5 ) (2^5+98^5) is divisible by ( 2 + 98 ) (2+98 ) = 100 100 and so on. Hence All have common factor as 100 . Hence the last digit must be 0.

@Md Zuhair , your the other problem has 8 solutions so how do I answer. Give me your answer and I will change the problem and answer for you.

Chew-Seong Cheong - 4 years, 8 months ago

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@Chew-Seong Cheong What are the solutions ? Tell me, Or take any of them for the answer and please give an solution to the problem. Or Change the question to how many solutions are there for this equation. Thankyou.

Md Zuhair - 4 years, 8 months ago

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I need to answer the problem correctly before I can change the problem for you. What was the answer you used?

Chew-Seong Cheong - 4 years, 8 months ago

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@Chew-Seong Cheong Ok sorry, It was 2.

Md Zuhair - 4 years, 8 months ago

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@Md Zuhair Done the answer is 113.

Chew-Seong Cheong - 4 years, 8 months ago

@Chew-Seong Cheong Hey , did you wrote the solution of the sum?

Md Zuhair - 4 years, 8 months ago

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@Md Zuhair Not yet but soon.

Chew-Seong Cheong - 4 years, 8 months ago

Md, just use the standard three dots . . . ... will do.

Chew-Seong Cheong - 4 years, 8 months ago

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You can either use ... ( . . . ... ) or \cdots ( \cdots ) (dots at the centre), \dots ( \dots ) (dots at the bottom).

Chew-Seong Cheong - 4 years, 8 months ago

Ok , Thanks for the information

Md Zuhair - 4 years, 8 months ago

The answer to the problem should be 5. You can check the answer using Wolfram Alpha . It is free.

Chew-Seong Cheong - 4 years, 8 months ago

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Please let me know where i am wrong in the solution. Thankyou

Md Zuhair - 4 years, 8 months ago

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message me at facebook. I am sleeping now.

Chew-Seong Cheong - 4 years, 8 months ago

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