Last two digits of a large exponent

modular arithmeticnumber theory

What are the last two digits of 2^403? I have tried using the Totient function, but two is not coprime with any power of 10. How do i do this via mod 100?

Best Answer

$2^{20}=1048576\equiv1\pmod{25},$ so $2^{400}\equiv1\pmod{25},$ so $25$ divides $2^{400}-1,$

so $100$ divides $2^{402}-4,$ so $2^{402}\equiv4 \pmod {100}.$ Can you take it from here?