Difference between revisions of "2021 WSMO Accuracy Round Problems/Problem 7"
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2^3+3^3\equiv8+27\equiv35\equiv&\text{ }5\pmod{10}\\ | 2^3+3^3\equiv8+27\equiv35\equiv&\text{ }5\pmod{10}\\ | ||
2^4+3^4\equiv16+81\equiv97\equiv&\text{ }7\pmod{10}\\ | 2^4+3^4\equiv16+81\equiv97\equiv&\text{ }7\pmod{10}\\ | ||
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2^n+3^n\equiv&\text{ }3\pmod{10}\tag{for n\equiv2\pmod{4}}\\ | 2^n+3^n\equiv&\text{ }3\pmod{10}\tag{for n\equiv2\pmod{4}}\\ | ||
2^n+3^n\equiv&\text{ }7\pmod{10}\tag{for n\equiv0\pmod{4}}\\ | 2^n+3^n\equiv&\text{ }7\pmod{10}\tag{for n\equiv0\pmod{4}}\\ | ||
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This means that | This means that | ||
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Latest revision as of 10:24, 11 July 2022
Problem
Find the value of where is the remainder when is divided by 10.
Solution 1
From Fermat's Little Theorem, we find that is periodic in cycles of 4. This means that for all Now, we will compute the first 4 values of Thus,
\begin{align*} 2^n+3^n\equiv&\text{ }5\pmod{10}\tag{for n\equiv1,3\pmod{4}}\\ 2^n+3^n\equiv&\text{ }3\pmod{10}\tag{for n\equiv2\pmod{4}}\\ 2^n+3^n\equiv&\text{ }7\pmod{10}\tag{for n\equiv0\pmod{4}}\\ \end{align*} (Error compiling LaTeX. Unknown error_msg)
This means that ~pinkpig
Solution 2
We will begin by examining and :
and
From this, we can note that:
We can simplify our sum as follows:
Note that :
~BigKahuna227