QUESTION

CSAT

Easy

Maths

Prelims 2021

If 320193^{2019} is divided by 10, then what is the remainder?

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Explanation

It's given that: 320193^{2019} is divided by 10.

Now, 31=33^1 = 3 32=93^2 = 9 33=273^3 = 27 34=813^4 = 81 35=2433^5 = 243 36=7293^6 = 729

Since, unit place of the power of 3 repeats after every 4 steps (i.e. it has a cyclicity of 4). Now, on dividing 2019 by 4 we get a remainder of 3.

Hence, 320193^{2019} will have the same last digit as that of 333^3, i.e. 7. (33)/10=27/10(3^3)/10 = 27/10

Hence, the remainder will be 7.

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