What would be the remainder ???

Find the remainder of 3 55 5 \dfrac{3^{55}}{5} .


The answer is 2.

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2 solutions

Joshua Lowrance
Oct 9, 2018

3 1 m o d 5 = 3 3 2 m o d 5 = 4 3 3 m o d 5 = 2 3 4 m o d 5 = 1 3 5 m o d 5 = 3 3 6 m o d 5 = 4 3 7 m o d 5 = 2 3 8 m o d 5 = 1 3 55 m o d 5 = 2 \begin{aligned} 3^{1}\mod5 = 3 \\ 3^{2}\mod5 = 4 \\ 3^{3}\mod5 = 2 \\ 3^{4}\mod5 = 1 \\ 3^{5}\mod5 = 3 \\ 3^{6}\mod5 = 4 \\ 3^{7}\mod5 = 2 \\ 3^{8}\mod5 = 1 \\ \cdots \\ 3^{55}\mod5 = 2 \\ \end{aligned}

Lakshya Khilwani
Oct 10, 2018

You can solve this question by using the concept of cyclicity

We know cyclicity of 3 is 4

So 55 4 \frac{55}{4} = remainder 3

3 ³ 5 \frac{3³}{5}

27 5 \frac{27}{5}

So the remainder is 2

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