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Problem

For how many positive integers $m$ is $\frac{2002}{m^2 -2}$

a positive integer?

$\text{(A) one} \qquad \text{(B) two} \qquad \text{(C) three} \qquad \text{(D) four} \qquad \text{(E) more than four}$

Solution

If $\log_{b} 729 = n$ , then $b^n = 729$ . Since $729 = 3^6$ , $b$ must be $3$ to some factor of 6. Thus, there are four (3, 9, 27, 729) possible values of $b \Longrightarrow \boxed{\mathrm{E}}$ .

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 <cmath>\frac{2002}{m^2 -2}</cmath>
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