document.write( "Question 938087: if the digits 6,5,4,3,2,1 are written in that same order over and over again, what will be the 4000th digit \n" ); document.write( "
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document.write( "Fractions are a confusing way to explain this.  Rather than use fractions,\r\n" );
document.write( "it would be better to divide 4000 by 6 by long division and look only at the\r\n" );
document.write( "remainder:\r\n" );
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document.write( "   666\r\n" );
document.write( "6)4000\r\n" );
document.write( "  36\r\n" );
document.write( "   40\r\n" );
document.write( "   36\r\n" );
document.write( "    40\r\n" );
document.write( "    36\r\n" );
document.write( "     4\r\n" );
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document.write( "The 666 quotient tells us how many COMPLETE times the sequence goes through\r\n" );
document.write( "the cycle of 6,5,4,3,2,1, and the 4 remainder tells us which member of the\r\n" );
document.write( "cycle is the 4000th digit.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Since the 4th member of the cycle is 3, the answer is 3. \r\n" );
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