2011 AMC 8 Problems/Problem 22
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Problem
What is the tens digit of 
?
Solution 1
The first couple powers of 
are 
As you can see, the last two digits cycle after every 4 powers. 
From there, we go two more powers. The last two digits are 
so the tens digit is 
Solution 2
We want the tens digit
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