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Question-126657

Question Number 126657 by adeyemiprof40 last updated on 23/Dec/20 Answered by Olaf last updated on 23/Dec/20 $${a}^{\mathrm{4}} +{a}^{\mathrm{3}} +{a}^{\mathrm{2}} +{a}+\mathrm{1}\:=\:\mathrm{0} \\ $$$$\Leftrightarrow\:\frac{{a}^{\mathrm{5}} −\mathrm{1}}{{a}−\mathrm{1}}\:=\:\mathrm{0},\:{a}\neq\mathrm{1} \\ $$$$\Leftrightarrow\:{a}^{\mathrm{5}}…

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Question Number 191889 by cortano12 last updated on 03/May/23 $$\:\:\:\:\:\:\underset{\mathrm{n}=\mathrm{1}} {\overset{\mathrm{k}} {\sum}}\:\frac{\mathrm{1}}{\mathrm{n}^{\mathrm{2}} +\mathrm{2n}}\:=? \\ $$ Answered by mahdipoor last updated on 03/May/23 $$\underset{{n}=\mathrm{1}} {\overset{{k}} {\sum}}\:\frac{\mathrm{1}}{{n}^{\mathrm{2}}…

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Question Number 191862 by cortano12 last updated on 02/May/23 $$\mathrm{Find}\:\mathrm{the}\:\mathrm{last}\:\mathrm{digit}\:\mathrm{from}\: \\ $$$$\:\left(\mathrm{2}^{\mathrm{400}} −\mathrm{2}^{\mathrm{320}} \right)\left(\mathrm{2}^{\mathrm{200}} +\mathrm{2}^{\mathrm{160}} \right)\left(\mathrm{2}^{\mathrm{200}} −\mathrm{2}^{\mathrm{160}} \right) \\ $$ Commented by BaliramKumar last updated…

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Question Number 191710 by pete last updated on 29/Apr/23 $$\mathrm{What}\:\mathrm{is}\:\mathrm{the}\:\mathrm{remainder}\:\mathrm{f}\:\mathrm{149}!\:\mathrm{when}\:\mathrm{divided} \\ $$$$\mathrm{by}\:\mathrm{139}? \\ $$ Commented by Rasheed.Sindhi last updated on 29/Apr/23 $$\mathrm{149}!=\mathrm{1}.\mathrm{2}.\mathrm{3}…\mathrm{138}.\mathrm{139}.\mathrm{140}…\mathrm{148}.\mathrm{149} \\ $$$$\therefore\:\mathrm{149}!\mathrm{mod139}=\mathrm{0} \\…

Question-125959

Question Number 125959 by bramlexs22 last updated on 15/Dec/20 Answered by liberty last updated on 15/Dec/20 $${Let}\:{q}\:{denote}\:{the}\:{numbers}\:{of}\:{eggs}\:{originally} \\ $$$${in}\:{the}\:{basket}.\:{We}\:{want}\:{to}\:{find}\:{the}\:{least}\:{number} \\ $$$${of}\:{eggs}\:{in}\:{the}\:{basket}.\: \\ $$$$\Leftrightarrow\:{q}\:\equiv\:\mathrm{1}\left({mod}\:\mathrm{2}\right)\:\equiv\:\mathrm{1}\left({mod}\:\mathrm{3}\right)\equiv\:\mathrm{1}\left({mod}\:\mathrm{5}\right)\:\equiv\:\mathrm{0}\:\left({mod}\:\mathrm{7}\right) \\ $$$${the}\:{first}\:{three}\:{congruences}\:{then}…