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Find is the last digit of 3^(3^3) ? A) 1 B) 7 C) 6 D) 3 E) 5 12 Nov 2005, 11:48
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Find is the last digit of 3^(3^3) ?

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D) 3
E) 5



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3^3 is 27
so we need to find the unit digit if 3^27
find the pattern:
3^1 3
3^2 9
3^3 27
3^4 81
3^5 .....3

the pattern repeats. The pattern repeats every 4 digits. so you know that 3^24 (which is 4*8) will have a unit digit of 1. now you can count three up and see that 3^27 will have a digit of 7
Thus B
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Find is the last digit of 3^(3^3) ? A) 1 B) 7 C) 6 D) 3 E) 5 12 Nov 2005, 13:15
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3^3^27

3^3= 27
3^4=81
3^5=243
3^6=729
3^7= 2187
so it repeats the pattren of 13 97 ...at the last digt.
so 3^11 =....7
3^15
3^19
3^23
3^27=.......7

so at each addition of 4 power the last digt come out to be 7

hence B
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Find is the last digit of 3^(3^3) ?

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Like nero44 I tried finding the pattern by using:

3^1 = 3
3^2 = 9
3^3 = 27
3^4 = 81

Hence answer for 3^27 = B.
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Find is the last digit of 3^(3^3) ? A) 1 B) 7 C) 6 D) 3 E) 5 13 Nov 2005, 16:37
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B for me as well.

Pattern of the last digit is 3, 9, 7, 1, and is repeated every 4 times

3^27 (27/4 = 6R3)

So the last digit is 7.
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Find is the last digit of 3^(3^3) ? A) 1 B) 7 C) 6 D) 3 E) 5 14 Nov 2005, 08:07
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Yea, another B.

3^3 = 27

So, 3^27, the pattern goes...3,9,7,1,3,9...

So, the pattern resets after the 4th...
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Yes OA is B. Thanks Guys !!
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Everytime I do this problem, I get it wrong :)
Reason: 3^3 = 9 :)
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We have to evaluate 3^27.
The unit digit of 3^1 = 3
Unit digit of 3^2 = 9
Unit digit of 3^3 = 7 (27)
Unit digit of 3^4 = 1 (81)
Unit digit of 3^5 = 3 (243)
We observe that the unit digits are cyclic, they form the following sequence {3,9,7,1,3,9,1,7,...}
27= 3 mod 4. The third value in the series is 7. Hence B.



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