2011 AMC 8 Problems/Problem 22
Problem
What is the tens digit of 
?
Solution 1
Since we want the tens digit, we can find the last two digits of . We can do this by using modular arithmetic.
![\[7^1\equiv 07 \pmod{100}.\]](http://latex.artofproblemsolving.com/d/3/4/d3414d6de021de10a7868a9d21959e6d07811219.png)
![\[7^2\equiv 49 \pmod{100}.\]](http://latex.artofproblemsolving.com/b/2/5/b25cc8f14de391dad5f5095a71454e1aac0169d8.png)
![\[7^3\equiv 43 \pmod{100}.\]](http://latex.artofproblemsolving.com/1/f/2/1f227121a150f2b3b6823ed4b74195e3dfced959.png)
![\[7^4\equiv 01 \pmod{100}.\]](http://latex.artofproblemsolving.com/c/b/b/cbb215ba3e81c1db4c3afa7084526922b7aa6698.png)
We can write as 
. Using this, we can say:
![\[7^{2011}\equiv (7^4)^{502}\times 7^3\equiv 7^3\equiv 343\equiv 43\pmod{100}.\]](http://latex.artofproblemsolving.com/5/f/8/5f813cc0903206245e648b3ea84edc41eaf85a6d.png)
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 
.
-Ilovefruits
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See Also
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