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The problem wants us to find the units digit of $13^{2012}$, therefore, we can eliminate the tens digit of $13$, because the tens digit will not affect the final result. So our new expression is $3^{2012}$. Now we need to look for a pattern in the units digit. $3^1⟹3$ $3^2⟹9$ $3^3⟹7$ $3^4⟹1$ $3^5⟹3$ We observe that there is a pattern for the units digit which recurs every four powers of three. Using this pattern, we can subtract 1 from 2012 and divide by 4. The remainder is the power of three that we are looking for, plus one. $2011$ divided by $4$ leaves a remainder of $3$, so the answer is the units digit of $3^{3+1}$, or $3^4$. Thus, we find that the units digit of $13^{2012}$ is $\boxed{1}$.