2019 AMC 12A Problems/Problem 21
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Let What is
Solutions 1(Using Modular Functions)
Note that .
Also note that for all positive integers because of De Moivre's Theorem. Therefore, we want to look at the exponents of each term modulo .
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Therefore,
The term thus simplifies to , while the term simplifies to . Upon multiplication, the cancels out and leaves us with .
Solution 2(Using Magnitudes and Conjugates to our Advantage)
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 .
Solution 3 (Bashing)
We first calculate that . After a bit of calculation for the other even powers of , we realize that they cancel out add up to zero. Now we can simplify the expression to . Then, we calculate the first few odd powers of . We notice that , so the values cycle after every 8th power. Since all of the odd squares are a multiple of away from each other, , so , and . When multiplied together, we get as our answer.
~ Baolan
Solution 4 (this is what people would write down on their scratch paper)
Perfect squares mod 8:
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Video Solution1
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Video Solution by Richard Rusczyk
https://artofproblemsolving.com/videos/amc/2019amc12a/493
See Also
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