Problem 3079. Big numbers, repeated least significant digits

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<div style = "text-align: start; line-height: 20.4333px; min-height: 0px; white-space: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Menlo, Monaco, Consolas, monospace; font-style: normal; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: rgb(0, 0, 0); white-space: normal; "><div style="block-size: 285.6px; display: block; min-width: 0px; padding-block-start: 0px; padding-top: 0px; perspective-origin: 407px 142.8px; transform-origin: 407px 142.8px; vertical-align: baseline; "><div style="block-size: 21px; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 21px; margin-block-end: 9px; margin-block-start: 2px; margin-bottom: 9px; margin-inline-end: 10px; margin-inline-start: 4px; margin-left: 4px; margin-right: 10px; margin-top: 2px; perspective-origin: 384px 10.5px; text-align: left; transform-origin: 384px 10.5px; white-space: pre-wrap; margin-left: 4px; margin-top: 2px; margin-bottom: 9px; margin-right: 10px; "><span style="block-size: auto; display: inline; margin-block-end: 0px; margin-block-start: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-inline-end: 0px; margin-inline-start: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; perspective-origin: 79.5px 8px; transform-origin: 79.5px 8px; unicode-bidi: normal; "><span style="">This problem builds off of</span></span><span style="block-size: auto; display: inline; margin-block-end: 0px; margin-block-start: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-inline-end: 0px; margin-inline-start: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; perspective-origin: 2px 8px; transform-origin: 2px 8px; unicode-bidi: normal; "><span style=""> </span></span><a target='_blank' href = "/#null"><span style=""><span style="">Problem 3077</span></span></a></div><div style="block-size: 42px; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 21px; margin-block-end: 9px; margin-block-start: 2px; margin-bottom: 9px; margin-inline-end: 10px; margin-inline-start: 4px; margin-left: 4px; margin-right: 10px; margin-top: 2px; perspective-origin: 384px 21px; text-align: left; transform-origin: 384px 21px; white-space: pre-wrap; margin-left: 4px; margin-top: 2px; margin-bottom: 9px; margin-right: 10px; "><span style="block-size: auto; display: inline; margin-block-end: 0px; margin-block-start: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-inline-end: 0px; margin-inline-start: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; perspective-origin: 384px 8px; transform-origin: 384px 8px; unicode-bidi: normal; "><span style="perspective-origin: 186.5px 8px; transform-origin: 186.5px 8px; ">Given an integer x which contains d digits, find the value of </span><span style="border-block-end-style: solid; border-block-end-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; perspective-origin: 2.5px 8.5px; transform-origin: 2.5px 8.5px; ">(</span><span style="perspective-origin: 27.5px 8px; transform-origin: 27.5px 8px; ">minimum</span><span style="border-block-end-style: solid; border-block-end-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; perspective-origin: 2.5px 8.5px; transform-origin: 2.5px 8.5px; ">)</span><span style="perspective-origin: 165px 8px; transform-origin: 165px 8px; "> n (n &gt; 1) such that the last d digits of x^n is equal to x. If the last d digits will never equal x, return inf.</span></span></div><div style="block-size: 21px; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 21px; margin-block-end: 9px; margin-block-start: 2px; margin-bottom: 9px; margin-inline-end: 10px; margin-inline-start: 4px; margin-left: 4px; margin-right: 10px; margin-top: 2px; perspective-origin: 384px 10.5px; text-align: left; transform-origin: 384px 10.5px; white-space: pre-wrap; margin-left: 4px; margin-top: 2px; margin-bottom: 9px; margin-right: 10px; "><span style="block-size: auto; display: inline; margin-block-end: 0px; margin-block-start: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-inline-end: 0px; margin-inline-start: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; perspective-origin: 34.5px 8px; transform-origin: 34.5px 8px; unicode-bidi: normal; "><span style="">Example 1:</span></span></div><ul style="block-size: 61.3px; counter-reset: list-item 0; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; list-style-type: square; margin-block-end: 20px; margin-block-start: 10px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 10px; perspective-origin: 391px 30.65px; transform-origin: 391px 30.65px; margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 20px; "><li style="block-size: 20.4333px; counter-reset: none; display: list-item; margin-block-end: 0px; margin-block-start: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-inline-start: 56px; margin-left: 56px; margin-top: 0px; perspective-origin: 363px 10.2167px; text-align: left; transform-origin: 363px 10.2167px; white-space: pre-wrap; margin-left: 56px; "><span style="block-size: auto; display: inline; margin-inline-start: 0px; margin-left: 0px; perspective-origin: 71px 8px; transform-origin: 71px 8px; unicode-bidi: normal; "><span style="">x = 2; (therefore d = 1)</span></span></li><li style="block-size: 20.4333px; counter-reset: none; display: list-item; margin-block-end: 0px; margin-block-start: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-inline-start: 56px; margin-left: 56px; margin-top: 0px; perspective-origin: 363px 10.2167px; text-align: left; transform-origin: 363px 10.2167px; white-space: pre-wrap; margin-left: 56px; "><span style="block-size: auto; display: inline; margin-inline-start: 0px; margin-left: 0px; perspective-origin: 110px 8px; transform-origin: 110px 8px; unicode-bidi: normal; "><span style="">2^2 = 4, 2^3 = 8, 2^4 = 16, 2^5 = 32</span></span></li><li style="block-size: 20.4333px; counter-reset: none; display: list-item; margin-block-end: 0px; margin-block-start: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-inline-start: 56px; margin-left: 56px; margin-top: 0px; perspective-origin: 363px 10.2167px; text-align: left; transform-origin: 363px 10.2167px; white-space: pre-wrap; margin-left: 56px; "><span style="block-size: auto; display: inline; margin-inline-start: 0px; margin-left: 0px; perspective-origin: 18px 8px; transform-origin: 18px 8px; unicode-bidi: normal; "><span style="">n = 5;</span></span></li></ul><div style="block-size: 21px; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 21px; margin-block-end: 9px; margin-block-start: 2px; margin-bottom: 9px; margin-inline-end: 10px; margin-inline-start: 4px; margin-left: 4px; margin-right: 10px; margin-top: 2px; perspective-origin: 384px 10.5px; text-align: left; transform-origin: 384px 10.5px; white-space: pre-wrap; margin-left: 4px; margin-top: 2px; margin-bottom: 9px; margin-right: 10px; "><span style="block-size: auto; display: inline; margin-block-end: 0px; margin-block-start: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-inline-end: 0px; margin-inline-start: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; perspective-origin: 34.5px 8px; transform-origin: 34.5px 8px; unicode-bidi: normal; "><span style="">Example 2:</span></span></div><ul style="block-size: 61.3px; counter-reset: list-item 0; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; list-style-type: square; margin-block-end: 20px; margin-block-start: 10px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 10px; perspective-origin: 391px 30.65px; transform-origin: 391px 30.65px; margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 20px; "><li style="block-size: 20.4333px; counter-reset: none; display: list-item; margin-block-end: 0px; margin-block-start: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-inline-start: 56px; margin-left: 56px; margin-top: 0px; perspective-origin: 363px 10.2167px; text-align: left; transform-origin: 363px 10.2167px; white-space: pre-wrap; margin-left: 56px; "><span style="block-size: auto; display: inline; margin-inline-start: 0px; margin-left: 0px; perspective-origin: 75px 8px; transform-origin: 75px 8px; unicode-bidi: normal; "><span style="">x = 10; (therefore d = 2)</span></span></li><li style="block-size: 20.4333px; counter-reset: none; display: list-item; margin-block-end: 0px; margin-block-start: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-inline-start: 56px; margin-left: 56px; margin-top: 0px; perspective-origin: 363px 10.2167px; text-align: left; transform-origin: 363px 10.2167px; white-space: pre-wrap; margin-left: 56px; "><span style="block-size: auto; display: inline; margin-inline-start: 0px; margin-left: 0px; perspective-origin: 90.5px 8px; transform-origin: 90.5px 8px; unicode-bidi: normal; "><span style="">10^2 = 100, 10^3 = 1000, etc</span></span></li><li style="block-size: 20.4333px; counter-reset: none; display: list-item; margin-block-end: 0px; margin-block-start: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-inline-start: 56px; margin-left: 56px; margin-top: 0px; perspective-origin: 363px 10.2167px; text-align: left; transform-origin: 363px 10.2167px; white-space: pre-wrap; margin-left: 56px; "><span style="block-size: auto; display: inline; margin-inline-start: 0px; margin-left: 0px; perspective-origin: 21.5px 8px; transform-origin: 21.5px 8px; unicode-bidi: normal; "><span style="">n = inf;</span></span></li></ul></div></div>

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rifat on 14 Mar 2015

is it correct for 35197? Im getting 5001 instead of inf.

Tim on 15 Mar 2015

I also get 5001.

Rafael S.T. Vieira on 3 Sep 2020

10016 and 10081 have another valid answer: 1251 (besides 626). The problem should accept them or request the minimum exponent.

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