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What is the last digit of 3 2 593 ? \Large{32^{593}}?

4 4 2 2 6 6 8 8

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Chew-Seong Cheong
Jun 27, 2020

We note that any power of an integer ends with 6 6 always ends with 6 6 . Therefore, we have:

3 2 593 ( 30 + 2 ) 593 (mod 10) 2 593 (mod 10) 2 1 6 148 (mod 10) 2 6 (mod 10) 2 (mod 10) \begin{aligned} 32^{593} & \equiv (30+2)^{593} \text{ (mod 10)} \\ & \equiv 2^{593} \text{ (mod 10)} \\ & \equiv 2 \cdot 16^{148} \text{ (mod 10)} \\ & \equiv 2\cdot 6 \text{ (mod 10)} \\ & \equiv \boxed 2 \text{ (mod 10)} \end{aligned}

Nice solution, Sir!

Vinayak Srivastava - 11 months, 2 weeks ago

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Glad that you like it.

Chew-Seong Cheong - 11 months, 2 weeks ago

We just need the last digit, so we only use the last digit,i.e., 2 2 .

The powers of 2 2 continue in the pattern 2 , 4 , 8 , 6 , 2,4,8,6,\cdots

Since 593 ÷ 4 593\div 4 gives remainder 1 1

So, the last digit is 2 1 = 2 2^1=\boxed{2}

In fact my calculator is able to evaluate that:p

X X - 11 months, 2 weeks ago

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Was it your python calculator :)

Mahdi Raza - 11 months, 2 weeks ago

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Uhh no, my cellphone:p

X X - 11 months, 2 weeks ago
Yajat Shamji
Jun 27, 2020

Based on 2 n 2^n 's second digit = 2 , 4 , 8 , 6 , 2... 2, 4, 8, 6, 2... :

593 ( mod ( 4 ) ) = 1 593 (\text{mod} (4)) = 1

Substitute n = 1 n = 1 - 2 1 = 2 2^1 = 2

The answer is 2 \fbox 2

I believe the correct notation is maybe this: 593 1 m o d ( 4 ) 593 \equiv 1 \mod{(4)}

Mahdi Raza - 11 months, 2 weeks ago

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The LaTeX?

Yajat Shamji - 11 months, 2 weeks ago

I don't use mod \text{mod} I use % \% :)

Vinayak Srivastava - 11 months, 2 weeks ago
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Dec 27, 2020

32^593=(2^5)^593=2^2965. Then we cannot calculate it with a normal calculating method. Then, how we calculate it? Thankfully, there is a way to know the last digits of a few powers. But we need only 1 because we calculated it at the first, 32^593=2^2965. 2^0=1, 2^1=2, 2^2=4, 2^3=8, 2^4=16, 2^5=32, 2^6=64..... No way for these calculations for getting the correct answer if the exponent is a large number. In the latest calculation, we learned a few last digits of 2. The last digits are circuiting by the 4 places, like this, 2, 4, 8, 6. Then we can get the last digits of 2^2965. First, we divide the exponent by 4. Then we get 1. Find the last digits of 2^1. Then the answer to 5^593 is 2 because the last digit of 2^2965 is 2.

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