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South African Mathematics Olympiad

South Africa number theory

Problem

The last digit of is (A) 1 (B) 3 (C) 5 (D) 7 (E) 9
Solution
The last digits of the first few powers of are , , , , , , ..., so the digits repeat in cycles of length . Since the remainder after dividing by is , it follows that the last digit of is the same as the last digit of , which is . Finally, the last digit of any power of is , so the last digit of is equal to the last digit of , which is .
Final answer
B

Techniques

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