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2011 PUMaC Number Theory B2

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September 24, 2019
number theory

Problem Statement

Two robots are programmed to communicate numbers using different bases. The first robot states: "I communicate in base 10, which interestingly is a perfect square. You communicate in base 16, which is not a perfect square." The second robot states: "I find it more interesting that the sum of our bases is the factorial of an integer." The second robot is referring to the factorial of which integer?