2010 AMC 12A Problem 23
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23.
The number obtained from the last two nonzero digits of is equal to What is
Answer: A
Solution:
The number of trailing zeroes in is Let
There are still more than two factors of left after removing so
Let be the product of factors of not divisible by and let be the product of the factors divisible by Each block is and there are blocks, so
After removing the factors of from the remaining factors can be grouped as
Therefore Since and the inverse of modulo is we get
The number congruent to and is so the last two nonzero digits form
Thus, A is the correct answer.
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