We are given 175 positive integers, none of which have a prime divisor greater than 10.
What is the minimum integer , such that we are guaranteed to be able to find integers whose product is a perfect cube?
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Each number is of the form 2 a 3 b 5 c 7 d . If we look at the exponents ( a , b , c , d ) mod 3, there are 3 4 = 8 1 possibilities. So by the pigeonhole principle, there is at least one 4-tuple ( a , b , c , d ) ∈ { 0 , 1 , 2 } 4 with three of the 175 numbers (since 1 7 5 > 8 1 ∗ 2 ). Multiply those three together and you get a perfect cube. Showing that n = 1 , 2 is straightforward.