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If for some positive integer k both 4^k and 5^k start with same digit x, what is the sum of all possible values of x?

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For some positive integer k both 4^k and 5^k start with the same digit x in base 10 i.e.
4^k = x.....
5^k = x.....
What is the sum of all possible values of x.

posted Jul 8, 2017 by anonymous

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The first k=11, x=2, then for the k=21/31/41, x=4, then for k= 52/62/72/82/92, x=2, starting from k=102, x=4 and so on cycles of 2 and 4.
Possible value of x=2 & 4 and sum of them = 6

answer Jan 17, 2019 by Hanifa Mammadov



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