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Dao Trong Luan 05/10/2017 at 15:15
We have:
92k = ...1
92k+1 = ...9
=> A = 1 + 9 + 92 + .... + 950
= 1 + 9 + ... 1 + .... + ...1
We easy see A will have sum A have 51 terms.
and 1 is first and last, so sum A have 26 last-digit terms 1 and 25 last-digit terms 9
So last-digit is: 26*1 + 25*9 = 251 = ...1
So last digits of 1 + 9 + ... + 950 is 1
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ForOver 05/10/2017 at 15:54
How about this ?
\(A=1+9+9^2+...+9^{50}\)
\(\Rightarrow9A=9+9^2+9^3+...+9^{50}+9^{51}\)
\(\rightarrow9A-A=8A=\left(9+9^2+9^3+...+9^{50}+9^{51}\right)-\left(1+9+9^2+...+9^{50}\right)\)
\(\Rightarrow8A=9^{51}-1\Rightarrow A=\dfrac{9^{51}-1}{8}\)
We find that \(9^{2k},9^{2k+1},...\)always have the last digit is 1 or 9, or we can simply understand that whether 9 has index number is odd => the last digit is 9, and whether 9 has index number is even => the last number is 1.
\(9^{51}\) has the last digit is 9 (Cause 51 is odd number)
So : \(A=\dfrac{\overline{B9}-1}{8}=\dfrac{\overline{B8}}{8}=\overline{C1}\)
Therefore, the last digit of \(1+9+...+9^{50}\) is 1.
Answer : 1.