When the expression \((2^1)(2^2)(2^3)\cdots (2^{99})(2^{100}) \) is written as an integer, what is the product of the tens digit and the ones digit?
2^1 x 2^2 x2^3 x.........x 2^99 X 2^100 =2^(1+2+3+.......+99+100) =2^(100 x 101) / 2 =2^5050.
Any power of 2 ending in: 10, 30, 50, 70, 90 will have the last 2 digits as =.....24.
When the expression \((2^1)(2^2)(2^3)\cdots (2^{99})(2^{100})\) is written as an integer,
what is the product of the tens digit and the ones digit?
1+2+3+.....100 = 100/2(1+100)= 50*101 = 5050
so this is
\(2^{5050}=(2^{25*202})\\ =((2^{25})^{202})\\ \text{now only considering the last two digits}\\ \equiv (32)^{202}\\ \equiv (32)^{101*2}\\ \equiv (32^2)^{101}\\ \equiv (24)^{101}\\ \equiv 24*(24)^{100}\\ \equiv 24*((24)^{5})^{20}\\ \equiv 24*(24)^{5*4}\\ \equiv 24*24^4\\ \equiv 24 \)
This is probably not the best way to do it though :/
(2^1) (2^2) (2^3)......(2^99) (2^100) =
2^(1 + 2 + 3 + ...+ 99 + 100) =
2^(5050) =
(2^10)^505
Note that 2^10 ends in 24
And note the pattern of 24
24^5 ends in 24
24^10 ends in 76
24^15 ends in 24 ....etc....
So...... (....24)^[5 (2n - 1) ] ends in 24....when n is a positive integer
So
(2^10)^505 =
(.....24)^505 =
( ...24 ) ^[ 5 (2 * 51 - 1) ] .......ends in 24