Last three digits

What are the last three digits in the decimal expansion of 2 45 2^{-45} ?


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The answer is 125.

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2 solutions

Rishabh Jain
Feb 26, 2019

Since in the expansion of 2^{-n} there are always some zeroes which ends with some 5^{n} like in 2^{-2} decimal expansion is .25 and in 2^{-3} there are 3 digits .125 and so on.... So in the expansion of 2^{-45}. We can write its unit digits as (5^{3})^{15} and we know that in 5^3 the digits are 125

Aaron Tsai
May 15, 2016

For any integer n 0 n\geq0 , the decimal expansion of 2 n 2^{-n} always starts with a certain number of zeroes and ends with 5 n 5^n . We also know that for any odd integer n 3 n\geq3 , the last three digits of 5 n 5^n is 125 \boxed{125} .

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