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This is not good format.
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Fixed the issue. Thank you!
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Convert this to 2^y + 3^y + 4^y + 5^y

Compute unit digit cycle:
2's: 2-4-8-6
3's: 3-9-7-1
4's: 4-6-4-6
5's: 5-5-5-5

now 1!+2!+...10! would have 1 odd + 9 evens (everything after 2! is even) => odd

so we only need to consider odd positions in unit digit cycle i.e.:
2+3+4+5 = 14
or 8+7+4+5 = 24

Thus ans: 4
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Find the unit place of

2^(1!+2!+3!+...+10!) + 3^(1!+2!+3!+...+10!) + 4^(1!+2!+3!+...+10!) + 5^(1!+2!+3!+...+10!) + ... + 9^(1!+2!+3!+...+10!) ?

A. 4
B. 5
C. 0
D. 6
E. 9

Note that 2! onwards every factorial is even. Only 1! = 1. So sum of first ten factorials will be 1 + Even = Odd number. It will be of the form (4n + 1) or (4n + 3), but we do not know which. The units digit of the following are different for the 2 forms:

Cyclicity of 2 is 2, 4, 8, 6
Cyclicity of 3 is 3, 9, 7, 1
Cyclicity of 7 is 7, 9, 3, 1
Cyclicity of 8 is 8, 4, 2, 6

For others, the units digit are the same i.e. 4^1 and 4^3 have the same units digit of 4. Similarly for 5, 6, 9.

If the exponent is of the form (4n + 1), then the sum of all units digits will be 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 6 + 7 + 8 + 9 = 44
If the exponent is of the form (4n + 3), then the sum of all units digits will be 8 + 7 + 4 + 5 + 6 + 3 + 2 + 9 = 44

So units digit will always be 4.

Answer (A)
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