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What is the remainder when 7 777 7^{777} is divided by 2801?

Note: 2801 is prime.


The answer is 49.

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2 solutions

2801 = 7 4 + 7 3 + 7 2 + 7 + 1 2801= 7^4 + 7^3 +7^2 +7 +1

When written in a polynomial form, x 5 = ( x 1 ) ( x 4 + x 3 + x 2 + x + 1 ) + 1 x^5 = (x-1)(x^4+x^3+x^2+x+1) +1 .

Thus, when 7 5 7^5 is divided by 2801 2801 , the remainder is 1 1 .

Finally, 7 777 7 5 × 155 + 2 7 2 49 ( m o d 2801 ) 7^{777} \equiv 7^{5\times 155 + 2} \equiv 7^2 \equiv \boxed{49} \pmod {2801}

Rajdeep Ghosh
Jul 7, 2017

We know, 7 5 1 ( m o d 2801 ) 7^5\equiv 1\pmod{2801}

So, 7 775 1 ( m o d 2801 ) 7^{775}\equiv 1\pmod{2801}

or, 7 777 49 ( m o d 2801 ) 7^{777}\equiv 49\pmod{2801}

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