2000 AMC 12 Problem 4

Problem 4 of 25EasierAlgebra Number Theory Counting & Probability

The Fibonacci sequence

1,

1,

2,

3,

5,

8,

13,

21,

\ldots

starts with two

1

s, and each term afterwards is the sum of its two predecessors. Which one of the ten digits is the last to appear in the units position of a number in the Fibonacci sequence?

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The sequence of units digits begins

\begin{gathered} 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 3, 1, 4, 5, 9, \\ 4, 3, 7, 0, 7, 7, 4, 1, 5, 6, \ldots \end{gathered}

Scanning this list, the digit

6

is the last of the ten digits to appear. Thus, the correct answer is C.

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