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what are the last 2 digits of 7^2800?

 Nov 20, 2014

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what are the last 2 digits of 7^2800  or what is 72800mod100 ?

72800mod100|2800=24175=716175mod100=(716)175mod100|716=(74)4=((74)4)175mod100|74=(72)2=(((72)2)4)175mod100|72=49=(((49)2)4)175mod100|492=2401=((2401)4)175mod100|2401mod100=1xabmodd=(xamodd)bmodd=((1)4)175mod100|14=1=(1)175mod100|1175=1=1mod10072800mod100=1mod100|1mod100=01

the last 2 digits of 7^2800 = 01

 Nov 21, 2014
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The last digit of 7^x rotates among 1, 7, 9, and 3 because:

7^0  =    1     7^4 = 7^4 x 7^0 = 2401           7^8 = 7^4 x 7^4 x 7^0 = 5764801      ...

7^1  =    7     7^5 = 7^4 x 7^1 = 16707         7^9 = 7^4 x 7^4 x 7^1 = 40353607    ...

7^2  =  49     7^6 = 7^4 x 7^2 = 117649        ...

7^3 = 343     7^7 = 7^4 x 7^3 = 823543        ...

What I'm trying to show is extra factors of 7^4 doesn't change the last digit of the answer.

So divide the exponent by 4,

if the remainder is 0, the last digit will be a 1

if the remainder is 1, the last digit will be a 7

if the remainder is 2, the last digit will be a 9

if the remainder is 3, the last digit will be a 3

Dividing the exponent of 2800 by 4, gives a remainder of 0, so the last digit will be a 1.

 Nov 20, 2014
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Thank you for the response. What you answered is something i already know... my question is to find the last 2 digits and not just the last digit. So essentially, when 7^2800 is divided by 100, it will give the required answer.

 Nov 20, 2014
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what are the last 2 digits of 7^2800  or what is 72800mod100 ?

72800mod100|2800=24175=716175mod100=(716)175mod100|716=(74)4=((74)4)175mod100|74=(72)2=(((72)2)4)175mod100|72=49=(((49)2)4)175mod100|492=2401=((2401)4)175mod100|2401mod100=1xabmodd=(xamodd)bmodd=((1)4)175mod100|14=1=(1)175mod100|1175=1=1mod10072800mod100=1mod100|1mod100=01

the last 2 digits of 7^2800 = 01

heureka Nov 21, 2014

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