2 0 1 9 2 0 2 0 2 0 2 1
What is the units digit of the number above?
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It might be ok
9 2 ≡ 1 m o d 1 0
And since 1 k ≡ 1 m o d 1 0 for any integral value of k, 9 2 k ≡ 1 m o d 1 0 for any value of k .
Finally, 2 0 2 0 2 0 2 1 is an even number.
I know it is not a rigorous approach, but I don't know more than this.
Any power of a number ending in 9 ends in 1 or 9 . Since only 1 is in options, it is the answer.
Bro I have a trick do you want to know?
2020^2021, the unit digit of the power will always be 0 as 2020 ends with 0. As we need to find out the unit digit, we can forget the first 3 digits as they will not make a change to the unit digit. Therefore we need to find out 9^2020^2021. When we keep multiplying 9 by itself, the unit digit alternates between 9 and 1. Example:9,81,729,6561, etc. Notice the unit digit alternates between 9 and 1. Therefore every odd power of 9 has unit digit 9 and every even power has unit digit 1. As we find 2020^2021 ends with 0, and zero is even, the unit digit of 2019^2020^2021 is 0
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2 0 1 9 2 0 2 0 2 0 2 1 ≡ ( 2 0 2 0 − 1 ) 2 0 2 0 2 0 2 1 ≡ ( − 1 ) 2 0 2 0 2 0 2 1 ≡ 1 (mod 10)