Assertion (A): 4ⁿ can not end with the digit zero.
Reason (R): Prime factorisation of 4ⁿ is unique.
✅ Answer & Solution
$4^n=(2^2)^n=2^{2n}$, whose only prime factor is 2 (no factor of 5). A number ends in 0 only if it is divisible by 10 = 2x5, requiring both 2 and 5 as factors. Since $4^n$ has no factor of 5, it can never end in 0 — Assertion is TRUE. By the Fundamental Theorem of Arithmetic, the prime factorisation of $4^n$ is unique (Reason is TRUE), and this uniqueness is exactly why we can be sure $4^n$ has no factor of 5, correctly explaining the Assertion.
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