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How to Solve: Units’ Digit of Product of Exponents
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Theory of Units’ Digit of Product of Exponents
⁍ Find Units’ digit of 423∗346 ? ⁍ Find Units’ digit of 234∗345 ? ⁍ Find Units’ digit of 145248∗25463123∗798241 ? ⁍ Find Units’ digit of 1452367∗15610987? ⁍ Find Units’ digit of 22412987∗285691879? ⁍ Cyclicity of Units’ digit of numbers ( 1 to 10 )
Theory of Units’ Digit of Product of Exponents
To find the units' digit of a product of exponents, follow these steps:
1. Examine if the exponents can be rearranged to consolidate them into a single exponent and then find the units’ digit using cyclicity of the number. 2. If rearrangement is not possible, determine the units' digit of each exponent and multiply them to obtain the units' digit of the entire expression.
Sol: 423 = (22)23 = 246 => 423∗346 = 246∗346 = (2∗3)46 = 646 Cyclicity of units' digit of power of 6 is 1 [Go through this post to MASTER Cyclicity of Units' digit of numbers from 2-9 ]
Sol: Cyclicity of units' digit of power of 2 and 3 is 4 Units' digit of 234 = Units' digit of 22 (as remainder of 34 by 4 is 2) = 4 Units' digit of 345 = Units' digit of 31 (as remainder of 45 by 4 is 2) = 1 => Units’ digit of 234∗345 = 4 * 1 = 4
Sol: Whenever we have to find units digit of power of a big number then we just need to focus on the units' digit of the number and take its power. => Units' digit of 145248∗25463123∗798241 = Units' digit of 248∗3123∗8241 Cyclicity of units' digit of power of 2, 3 and 8 is 4 Units' digit of 248 = Units' digit of 24 (as remainder of 48 by 4 is 0 so we take unit's digit of the power of the cycle, which is 4) = 6 Units' digit of 3123 = Units' digit of 33 (as remainder of 123 by 4 is 3) = 7 Units' digit of 8241 = Units' digit of 81 (as remainder of 241 by 4 is 1) = 8 => Units’ digit of 145248∗25463123∗798241 = 6 * 7 * 8 = 42 * 8 = ...6
Sol: Units' digit of 1452367∗15610987 = Units' digit of 52367∗610987 => Both 5 and 6 have a cycle of 1 => Units' digit of 1452367∗15610987 = 5 * 6 = _0
Sol: Units' digit of 22412987∗285691879 = Units' digit of 412987∗91879 Cyclicity of units' digit of power of 4 and 9 is 2 => Units' digit of 412987 = Units' digit of 41 = 4 => Units' digit of 91879 = Units' digit of 91 = 9 => Units’ digit of 22412987∗285691879 = 4 * 9 = 6