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Algebra Level 3

How many positive integers b have the property that log b 729 is a positive integer?


The answer is 4.

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2 solutions

Matin Naseri
Mar 18, 2018

l o g 3 729 = 9 \text{}log_{3}729=9

l o g 9 729 = 3 \text{}log_{9}729=3

l o g 27 729 = 2 \text{}log_{27}729=2

l o g 729 729 = 1 \text{}log_{729}729=1

Exactly 4 \color{#20A900}{\boxed{4}} solutions exist for l o g a 729 = b \text{}log_{a}729=b such that ( b ) \text{}(b) be an positive integer.

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Neeraj Bora
Apr 15, 2015

3,9,27,729

9^3 , 3^6 , 729^1 , 27^2

saurabh kumar - 5 years, 1 month ago

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