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number theory junior

Problem

There is a unique two-digit positive integer for which the last two digits of are .

What is ?
Solution
We can write the condition on as Then, multiplying both sides by , we have The left side, , is congruent modulo to , so we have and therefore The unique two-digit positive solution is . Indeed, we can check that , which does end in .
Final answer
76