To find the unit digit of the expression 6129×7307, we need to determine the unit digits of 6129 and 7307 separately and then multiply them.
Step 1: Find the unit digit of 6129
The unit digit of any positive integer power of 6 is always 6. This is because 6×6=36, 36×6=216, and so on.
Therefore, the unit digit of 6129 is 6.
Step 2: Find the unit digit of 7307
The unit digits of powers of 7 follow a repeating cycle of 4:
- 71=7 (unit digit is 7)
- 72=49 (unit digit is 9)
- 73=343 (unit digit is 3)
- 74=2401 (unit digit is 1)
- 75=16807 (unit digit is 7, and the cycle repeats)
To find where 7307 falls in this cycle, we divide the exponent 307 by the cycle length, which is 4:
307÷4=76 with a remainder of 3
A remainder of 3 means the unit digit corresponds to the 3rd position in the cycle, which is the same as the unit digit of 73.
Therefore, the unit digit of 7307 is 3.
Step 3: Multiply the unit digits
Now, we multiply the unit digits obtained from both parts:
6×3=18
The unit digit of this product is 8.
Thus, the digit in the unit place of the number 6129×7307 is 8.