Creating a 4-Cycle Counter in Digital Logic

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Im not sure if this is the right place to post this but here's my question. I have to create a counter that outputs a 1 every 4th clock cycle. I can't make a truth table because it doesn't really make sense. I am a newb to digital logic and suck at it. Any one have any help.
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Jason
 
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Moved to homework forums. And yes, a truth table or state table would be a good start...
 
truth table doesn't work

I tryed a truth table and i was having problems with it.
present Next state
Q1 Q0 | Q1 Q0
0 0 | 0 0
0 0 | 0 0
0 0 | 0 1
0 1 | 0 0

So when I make the Karnaugh maps will have two values for 0 0. My teacher didnt really go over this well and the book has no help. So I am stuck at this point. What am I doing wrong?
 
got the answer nevermind