Data Sufficiency

If x, y are positive integers, what is the remainder when 2^(4x +2)+y is divided by 5?
1) x=3
2) y=1

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The remainder question that is divided by 5 will have a cycle of 4. In other words, (~2)^1=~2, (~2)^2=~4, (~2)^3=~8, (~2)^4=~6. Hence, it has a cycle of
4-> 2->4->8->6->2->4->8->6.
If we modify the original condition and the question, when we divide 2^4x+2+y by 5, we do not have to know 4x in 4x+2. Hence, from 2^2+y, we only have to know y. The correct answer choice is, thus, B.

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