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Product of four random digits ending in 1, 3, 7 or 9

Question

Four integers are chosen independently and uniformly from 1,2,…,91,2,\dots,9 (repeats are allowed). What is the probability that their product ends in the digit 11, 33, 77 or 99?

Short answer

2566561\tfrac{256}{6561}. The product's last digit is odd and not 55 exactly when no factor is even and no factor is 55, i.e. every choice lies in {1,3,7,9}\{1,3,7,9\}. Each pick does so with probability 49\tfrac49, giving (49)4=2566561(\tfrac49)^4=\tfrac{256}{6561}.

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