1972 AHSME Problems/Problem 5
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Problem 5
From among those which have the greatest and the next to the greatest values, in that order, are
Solution
and are obviously too small. We must then compare with . Raising both to the power of gives and respectively. Our answer is therefore ~lopkiloinm