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How many two-digit numbers have the unit digit of their square equal to 8?

Difficulty: Easy

Correct Answer: 0

Explanation:

Problem restatement
Count two-digit integers n such that the last digit of n2 is 8.


Concept/Approach
Squares modulo 10 only take certain last digits: for units digit d ∈ {0,…,9}, d2 ends with {0,1,4,9,6,5,6,9,4,1} respectively.


Step-by-step reasoning
No square ends with 8 for any digit 0–9.


Final Answer
0

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