2019 AMC 12A Problems/Problem 21
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Let What is
Solution
Note that .
Also note that for all positive integers because of DeMoivre's Theorem. Therefore, we want to look at the exponents of each term mod 8.
and are all
and are all
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and are all
Therefore,
The term simplifies to , while the term simplifies to . Upon multiplication, the cancels out and leaves us with .
Solution 2
It is well known that if then . Therefore, we have that the desired expression is equal to We know that so . Then, by De Moivre's Theorem, we have which can easily be computed as .
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