2024 AMC 10B Problems/Problem 7
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What is the remainder when is divided by ?
Solution 1
We can factor the expression as
Note that , this expression is actually divisible by 19. The answer is .
Solution 2
If you failed to realize that the expression can be factored, you might also apply modular arithmetic to solve the problem.
Since , the powers of repeat every three terms:
The fact that , , and implies that .
Solution 3
We start the same as solution 2, and find that:
We know that for , , and , because there are three terms, we can just add them up. , which is mod .
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