Question

If 3 to the power of 1989 is divided by 7 Then remainder is

Answer 1

Remainder is 1

You can find it by dividing 1989by 7 because power is odd

Answer 2

Thank you for asking this question. The options for this question are missing. Here are the missing options:

A. 1

B. 5

C. 6

D. 4

E. 3

Answer:

3 / 7 remainder = 3

3^2 = 9 / 7 remainder = 2

3 ^ 3 = 27 / 7 remainder = 6 or -1 (equation 1)

1989/3 = 663

From the equation 1 above,

3 ^ 1989 = (3^3) ^ 663 ;

rem = (-1) ^ 663 = -1 or 6  

So the final answer for this question is Option C: 6

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