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Perfect Square

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January 21, 2006
quadratics

Problem Statement

If the base 88 representation of a perfect square is ab3cab3c, where a≠0a\ne 0, then cc equals
<spanclass=′latex−bold′>(A)</span>0<spanclass=′latex−bold′>(B)</span>1<spanclass=′latex−bold′>(C)</span>3<spanclass=′latex−bold′>(D)</span>4<spanclass=′latex−bold′>(E)</span>not uniquely determined<span class='latex-bold'>(A) </span> 0\qquad <span class='latex-bold'>(B) </span>1 \qquad <span class='latex-bold'>(C) </span> 3\qquad <span class='latex-bold'>(D) </span> 4\qquad <span class='latex-bold'>(E) </span> \text{not uniquely determined}
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