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2012-2013 Winter OMO #4
2012-2013 Winter OMO #4
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January 16, 2013
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Problem Statement
For how many ordered pairs of positive integers
(
a
,
b
)
(a,b)
(
a
,
b
)
with
a
,
b
<
1000
a,b<1000
a
,
b
<
1000
is it true that
a
a
a
times
b
b
b
is equal to
b
2
b^2
b
2
divided by
a
a
a
? For example,
3
3
3
times
9
9
9
is equal to
9
2
9^2
9
2
divided by
3
3
3
.Ray Li
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