SumitKumar Messages 1 Reaction score 0 Thread starter Oct 3, 2020 #1 Please help me to find pattern in this question Last edited by a moderator: Oct 3, 2020
Opalg Gold Member MHB Messages 2,778 Reaction score 13 Oct 3, 2020 #2 Hi SumitKumar, and welcome to MHB! The remainder when $2^n$ is divided by $7$ depends on the remainder when the exponent $n$ is divided by $3$. So you need to work out the pattern of remainders when numbers of the form $\dfrac{k(k+1)}2$ are divided by $3$.
Hi SumitKumar, and welcome to MHB! The remainder when $2^n$ is divided by $7$ depends on the remainder when the exponent $n$ is divided by $3$. So you need to work out the pattern of remainders when numbers of the form $\dfrac{k(k+1)}2$ are divided by $3$.