Find the unit digit of the 1981th Fibonacci number.
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The Pisano period modulo n is the fundamental period of the repeating sequence of smallest positive integers that are congruent to the Fibonacci sequence modulo n . It is known that the Pisano period modulo 10 is 60; thus, we only need to look at 1 9 8 1 ( m o d 6 0 ) .
Since 1980's digits sum to a multiple of 3, it is divisible by 3. It is clear 1980 has a factor of 20. Thus, 1980 is divisible by 60 and so 1 9 8 1 = 1 9 8 0 + 1 ≡ 1 ≡ 1 ( m o d 6 0 ) . Therefore,
F 1 9 8 1 ≡ F 1 ≡ 1 ( m o d 1 0 )