Now it comes 11

11 11 11 \large \color{#3D99F6}{11}^{\color{#624F41}{11}^{\color{#20A900}{11}}}

What are the last two digits of the number above?


Bonus 1: Can you generalize this for 1 1 1 1 1 1 . . . 11 number of 11 ’s = n ? \underbrace{11^{11^{11^{.^{.^.{11}}}}} }_{\text{ number of } 11\text{'s }=\, n}?

Bonus 2: Try not to use Euler's totient function.

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4 solutions

Otto Bretscher
Apr 9, 2015

We will show that if n 11 ( m o d 100 ) n\equiv11 (\mod100) , then 1 1 n 11 ( m o d 100 ) 11^n\equiv11 (\mod100) . Indeed, by the binomial theorem, 1 1 n = ( 1 + 10 ) n 1 + 10 n 11 ( m o d 100 ) 11^n=(1+10)^n\equiv1+10n\equiv11(\mod 100) . This shows, by induction, that the numbers 11 , 1 1 11 , 1 1 1 1 11 , 1 1 1 1 1 1 11 , . . . 11,11^{11},11^{11^{11}},11^{11^{11^{11}}},... all end with the digits 11.

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Fantastic!

Why 1+10n=11 mod (100)?

Alfa Claresta - 4 years, 4 months ago

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As n is always positive, 100 divides 10n - 10 to give a whole number.

Samuel Emeka - 2 years, 5 months ago

it is not necessary that 10n+1 is always divisible by 11. hence not fantastic solution.

Vibhor Chandak - 2 years ago

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It is always divisible...Alfa meant (1+10)^n

Ishan Vats - 1 year, 10 months ago
Ubaidullah Khan
Apr 9, 2015

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This solution is marked incomplete. This is not a rigorous proof: "Always last two digits are the index value of 1". You have only observed that it works for small powers of n n but you did not explain why it works for ALL powers of 11 11 .

Finn Hulse
Apr 8, 2015

The powers of 11 mod 10 go like this: 01, 11, 21, 31, 41, etc. Thus 1 1 11 11^{11} is the same as 1 mod 10. We have just figured out what that produces, so 1 1 1 = 11 11^1=\boxed{11} .

You need to mention that you used Euler's totient function to make your solution clearer.

Pi Han Goh - 6 years, 2 months ago
Mas Mus
Apr 15, 2015

Finding the last two digits of a number is equivalent to working modulo 100 100 . By Euler's theorem, we only need to determine the value of the exponent 1 1 11 {11^{11}} modulo ϕ ( 100 ) = 100 × ( 1 1 2 ) × ( 1 1 5 ) = 40. \phi(100)=100\times\left(1-\frac {1}{2}\right)\times\left(1-\frac {1}{5}\right) = 40. 1 1 11 ( 121 ) 5 × 11 11 ( m o d 40 ) 11^{11} \equiv \left(121\right)^5\times{11} \equiv11 \pmod{40} Now, we need to determine the value of 1 1 11 11^{11} modulo 100 100 . Then 1 1 11 ( 121 ) 5 × 11 ( 41 ) 2 × 21 × 11 81 × 21 × 11 18711 11 ( m o d 100 ) \begin{array}{c}&11^{11}&\equiv \left(121\right)^5\times{11}\\&\equiv\left(41\right)^2\times{21} \times{11} \equiv81\times{21}\times{11}\\&\equiv18711\equiv11 \pmod{100} \end{array}

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