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Turkey NMO 2000 1st Round - P14 (Number Theory)

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July 25, 2012
modular arithmetic

Problem Statement

What is the last two digits of the decimal representation of 98729^{8^{7^{\cdot^{\cdot^{\cdot^{2}}}}}}?
<spanclass=latexbold>(A)</span> 81<spanclass=latexbold>(B)</span> 61<spanclass=latexbold>(C)</span> 41<spanclass=latexbold>(D)</span> 21<spanclass=latexbold>(E)</span> 01 <span class='latex-bold'>(A)</span>\ 81 \qquad<span class='latex-bold'>(B)</span>\ 61 \qquad<span class='latex-bold'>(C)</span>\ 41 \qquad<span class='latex-bold'>(D)</span>\ 21 \qquad<span class='latex-bold'>(E)</span>\ 01