I want to find the remainder of 8119 divided by 20 and as for as i do is follows:
82=64≡4(mod20)84≡16(mod20)88≡16(mod20)816≡16(mod20)
from this i see the pattern as follows 84⋅2n−1is always≡16(mod20)∀n≥1
So,
864.832.816.87≡16.87(mod20)≡16.84.83(mod20)≡16.83(mod20)
And i'm stuck. Actually i've checked in to calculator and i got the answer that the remainder is 12. But i'm not satisfied cz i have to calculate 16.83
Is there any other way to solve this without calculator. I mean consider my condisition if i'm not allowed to use calculator.
Thanks and i will appreciate the answer.
Answer
You are almost there. You can reduce anything modulo 20 so:
16×83≡16×82×8≡16×4×8≡64×8≡4×8≡12
You could also have used 16≡−4 if it had helped - sometimes negative numbers make life easier, but it was not necessary here.
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