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Problem
What is the tens digit of ?
Solution 1
We want the tens digit So, we take . That is congruent to . From here, it is an easy bash, 7, 49, 43, 01, 07, 49, 43, 01, 07, 49, 43. So the answer is
Solution 2
Since we want the tens digit, we can find the last two digits of . We can do this by using modular arithmetic. We can write as . Using this, we can say: From the above, we can conclude that the last two digits of are 43. Since they have asked us to find the tens digit, our answer is . ~marfu2007
Solution 3
We can use patterns to figure out the answer. 7 to the power of 1 has no tens digit, so we can ignore it. 7 to the power of 2 is 49. 7 to the power of 3 is 343. 7 to the power of 4 is 2401. 7 to the power of 5 is 16807. By now, we can notice the pattern. The tens digit for 7 to the power of 1 is 0, then 4, then 4, then 0, then 0. It keeps rotating, 2 fours, and 2 zeros in 4 numbers. If we round up for 2011/4, we get 503. 503 * 4 is 2012. So 7 to the 2012 power has a tens digit of 0, since 2012 is a mutiple of 4, and 7 to the power of 4 has a tens digit of 0. We have to subtract a power from 7 to the 2012 power, so the tens digit goes back from 0 to 4 because if we subtract a power from 7 to the power of 4, we have 7 to the power of 3, which has a tens digit of 4. Hence the answer is .
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See Also
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