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by Anurag@Gurome » Sat Dec 29, 2012 4:42 am
way2ashish wrote:Q) What is the greatest prime factor of 4^5 - 16?
(4^5 - 16) = (4^5 - 4^2) = (4^2)*(4^3 - 1) = (2^4)*(64 - 1) = (2^4)*63 = (2^4)*7*9 = (2^4)*(3^2)*7

Hence, the greatest prime factor of (4^5 - 16) is 7
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by ritind » Sun Dec 30, 2012 4:00 am
Anurag sir there's no 7 in the option
So the ans shld be 3