I am still getting used to these questions and I still like them. :)
I'd do it the same as CPhill but I would start with a smaller number.
71=772=4973=34374=2401$thatisareallyhelpfulone$$(Anynumberendingis01)raisedtoanypositiveintegernmustalsoendin01becauseonlythelast2digitswillaffecttheoutcomeand1n=1$(74)n$mustendin01foranypositiveintegern$72014=72012∗7272014=74∗503∗7272014=(74)503∗4972014=....01∗4972014=....49
so the last 2 digits will be 49 Just like CPhill said
Notice that
7^20 ends in 01
So
(7^20)^5 = 7^100 also ends in 01
And
7^2000 = (7^100)^20 will also end in 01
And 7^14 ends in 49
So 7^2014 = 7^2000 x 7^14 = .........01 x ........49
Will also end in 49
I am still getting used to these questions and I still like them. :)
I'd do it the same as CPhill but I would start with a smaller number.
71=772=4973=34374=2401$thatisareallyhelpfulone$$(Anynumberendingis01)raisedtoanypositiveintegernmustalsoendin01becauseonlythelast2digitswillaffecttheoutcomeand1n=1$(74)n$mustendin01foranypositiveintegern$72014=72012∗7272014=74∗503∗7272014=(74)503∗4972014=....01∗4972014=....49
so the last 2 digits will be 49 Just like CPhill said