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128.
What is the unit digit in 7105 ?
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9
Answer: Option
Explanation:

Unit digit in 7105 = Unit digit in [ (74)26 x 7 ]

But, unit digit in (74)26 = 1

Unit digit in 7105 = (1 x 7) = 7

Discussion:
17 comments Page 1 of 2.

Akshatha said:   2 decades ago
please tell me how to know that unit digit in 7 power 4 whole power 26 is 1..?

Aswath said:   2 decades ago
same doubt as akshatha hav!!!

Roja said:   2 decades ago
if we calculate 7 power 4, we will get unit digit is 1. so 1(unit digit) power anything is there, we will get 1 in unit digit

Sravanthi said:   1 decade ago
What is unit digit?

Bhagyasri said:   1 decade ago
How to know that unit digit of 7 power 4 whole to the power 26 is 1?

Keerthi said:   1 decade ago
Unit digit means which is in units place.

Rinky said:   1 decade ago
If we take nth power of a no having unit digit 1 then a no is obtained having unit digit 1. As unit digit of 7 power 4 is 1 so 26th power of a number having unit digit 1 is 1. i.e. (7^4)^26=a no having unit digit 1.

Prashanth said:   9 years ago
Why we are taking 7 power 4?

My doubt is why we are not taking another number like 7 power 3?

Pradeep said:   9 years ago
It's all about cyclicity.

Cyclicity: no of repetitions occurring in a multiple.

Exp :
7^1 = 7
7^2 = 49
7^3 = 343
7^4 = 2401
7^5 = 16807
7^6 = 117649.

So the cyclicity is 4 (no of patterns repeating).

So we must divide exponent by 4.

105/4 we get remainder 1.

Taking remainder 1 to cyclicity 7^1 = 7.

If the remainder is 2 then the answer is 7^2 = 9.

If the remainder is 3 then the answer is 7^3 = 3, and so on.
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Shadab said:   9 years ago
I don't understand cyclicity.

Why can't we do 7^2^(52) * 7?

By this way we get unit digit 3.


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