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Get the last digit II (Posted on 2011-02-23)

Let A=1^n+2^n+3^n+...9^n

For a positive integer n what is
the last digit of A?

No Solution Yet Submitted by Ady TZIDON

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re: solution.....correction

| Comment 3 of 4 |

(In reply to solution by Charlie)

Everything is correct in Charlie's presentation, including the
direct formula .

However, in the definition of the floor function the
word "smaller "should be replaced by "non greater".

So floor(x)=x iff x is an integer,

Edited on February 24, 2011, 7:57 pm

Posted by Ady TZIDON on 2011-02-24 19:40:10

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