2¹⁴¹! Unit digeet

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2

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  1. To find the unit digit of 21412^{141}, we need to observe the pattern of the unit digits of powers of 2.

    The powers of 2 are:
    21=22^1 = 2
    22=42^2 = 4
    23=82^3 = 8
    24=162^4 = 16 (unit digit is 6)
    25=322^5 = 32 (unit digit is 2)
    26=642^6 = 64 (unit digit is 4)

  2. The pattern of the unit digits of powers of 2 is 2, 4, 8, 6, and this cycle repeats every 4 powers.

  3. To find the unit digit of 21412^{141}, we need to find the remainder when the exponent 141 is divided by 4.

    141÷4141 \div 4

  4. Performing the division

    141=4×35+1141 = 4 \times 35 + 1
    The remainder is 1.

  5. Since the remainder is 1, the unit digit of 21412^{141} will be the same as the first unit digit in the cycle, which is the unit digit of 212^1.

  6. The unit digit of 212^1 is 2.

    Therefore, the unit digit of 21412^{141} is 2.

    22
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