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What is the last digit 3^{3^3} ?

* 1
* 3
* 6
* 7
* 9

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19 Oct 2008, 00:50

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What is the last digit 3^{3^3} ?

* 1
* 3
* 6
* 7
* 9

3^1=3
3^2=9
3^3=27
3^4=81
3^5=*3
3^6=*9

this pattern repeats every 4 times !!!hence here 3^27 => at 3 ^24 we get 1 as ;last digit ,hence at 27 we get 7 as last digit

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19 Oct 2008, 01:02

isn't 3^{3^3} equal to 3^3^3
meaning 27^3
then 27*27*27 gives 3 as the last digit..

can someone reinterpret 3^{3^3}

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19 Oct 2008, 10:33

study wrote:

What is the last digit 3^{3^3} ?

* 1
* 3
* 6
* 7
* 9

3^27 =

3^0 = 1

3^1 =3
3^2 = 9

3^3 = 27

3^4 = 81

27/4 = 24 and 3 is the remainder , then we have this units digit sequence (1,3,9)

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19 Oct 2008, 10:46

study wrote:

What is the last digit 3^{3^3} ?

* 1
* 3
* 6
* 7
* 9

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