^{5^{3^{5^{7^{9}}}}}
find the remainder when divided by 21
(without calculatin)
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Lokesh Verma
·2009-10-16 03:23:18
53≡-1 (mod 21)
53n≡(-1)n (mod 21)
If n is odd then the answer is -1 (or 20) if it is even then answer is 1
Now can you complete it?
I dont know why the question setter gives without calculation.. (I for one would have died.. but calculated :D)
Dr.House
·2009-10-16 23:30:05
hehe, it might be of some country wherein caculators or computer find a bigger use than brains do :P