probability of number ending in 1

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Question: what is the probability of a randomly selected positive integer raised to an arbitrary positive integer ending in the number 1?

The answer is 0.04 I am unsure how this can be arrived at.

My understanding is that any integer ending in 1 will always end in 1 when raised to any positive integer.
No even number will ever end in 1 when raised to any positive integer.
Numbers ending in 9 will end in a 1 when raised to any multiple of 2
Numbers 3 and 7 will end in 1 when raised to any multiple of 4.
Numbers ending in 5 will never end in a 1.
 
Question: what is the probability of a randomly selected positive integer raised to an arbitrary positive integer ending in the number 1?
The answer is 0.04 I am unsure how this can be arrived at.
My understanding is that any integer ending in 1 will always end in 1 when raised to any positive integer.
No even number will ever end in 1 when raised to any positive integer.
Numbers ending in 9 will end in a 1 when raised to any multiple of 2
Numbers 3 and 7 will end in 1 when raised to any multiple of 4.
Numbers ending in 5 will never end in a 1.
What is probability that a randomly selected positive integer ends in 3 or 7 ?\displaystyle 3\text{ or } 7~? Is it 210 ?\displaystyle \dfrac{2}{10}~?
What is probability that a randomly selected positive integral power is a multiple of 4 ?\displaystyle 4~?
Repeat that process for 1 & 9\displaystyle 1~\&~9. What do you get?

I see that the provided answer is 0.04\displaystyle 0.04 and I get 0.23\displaystyle 0.23 see here.
 
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