Last three digits III

What are the last three digits of 99 9 555 + 99 8 20 999^{555}+998^{20} ?


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The answer is 575.

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Aaron Tsai
May 19, 2016

The last three digits of a number is the number in ( m o d 1000 ) \pmod{1000} .

99 9 555 + 99 8 20 ( m o d 1000 ) ( 1 ) 555 + ( 2 ) 20 ( m o d 1000 ) 1 + ( ( 2 ) 10 ) 2 ( m o d 1000 ) 1 + 2 4 2 ( m o d 1000 ) 575 999^{555}+998^{20}\pmod{1000}\\\equiv(-1)^{555}+(-2)^{20}\pmod{1000}\\\equiv-1+\left ((-2)^{10}\right )^{2}\pmod{1000}\\\equiv-1+24^2\pmod{1000}\\\equiv\boxed{575}

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Aditya Kumar - 5 years ago

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