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Latest revision as of 13:05, 5 July 2013
Problems
There exist positive integers and , with no common factor greater than , such that
What is ?
Solution
Simplifying and taking the logarithms away,
Therefore, and . Since and are relatively prime, , , .
See also
1995 AHSME (Problems • Answer Key • Resources) | ||
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