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by lucas211 » Wed Feb 17, 2016 5:01 am
Hello everybody

Would appreciate a little help on this question:

What is the smallest prime factor of 5^8+10^6-50^3 ?

a) 2
b) 3
c) 5
d) 7
e) 11

Thanks in advance :-)
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by regor60 » Wed Feb 17, 2016 6:24 am
lucas211 wrote:Hello everybody

Would appreciate a little help on this question:

What is the smallest prime factor of 5^8+10^6-50^3 ?

a) 2
b) 3
c) 5
d) 7
e) 11

Thanks in advance :-)
First factor the equation into powers of 5 and 2

5^8 + (2^6)(5^6) - (5^6)(2^3)

Bring out the 5^6

5^6*(5^2 + 2^6 - 2^3)

Simplify inside the brackets

5^6*(25 + 64 - 8) =

5^6*(81) = 5^6*(3^4)


Smallest prime factor is therefore 3
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