What is the remainder obtained when 1416 is divided with 22?
Is there a general method for this, without using number theory? I wish to solve this question using binomial theorem only - maybe expressing the numerator as a summation in which most terms are divisible by 22, except the remainder?
How should I proceed?
Answer
You can use binomial expansions and see that
1416=(22−8)16
implies that the remainder is just the remainder when (−8)16(=816) is divided by 22.
Proceeding similarly,
816=648=(66−2)8⟹28=256 divided by 22⟹remainder = 14
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