document.write( "Question 275092: What is the smallest integer greater than 1 that is both the square of an integer and the cube of an integer?\r
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a) 8 b) 9 c) 36 d) 64
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document.write( "8 is the cube of integer 2 but is not the square of any integer. \r\n" );
document.write( "9 is the square of integer 3 but in not the cube of any integer.\r\n" );
document.write( "36 is the square of integer 6 but in not the cube of any integer.\r\n" );
document.write( "64 is both the square of integer 8 and also the cube of integer 4.\r\n" );
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document.write( "So the answer, if listed, must be d).\r\n" );
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document.write( "But that does not rule out the possibility that 64 is the smallest\r\n" );
document.write( "such integer, and the smallest one was omitted. (I have seen multiple\r\n" );
document.write( "choice tests which the test-maker erroneously listed only false choices!\r\n" );
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document.write( "16, 25, 49 are the only perfect squares > 1 not listed and 27 is the only\r\n" );
document.write( "perfect cube > 1 not listed.  But the same could be said about these as\r\n" );
document.write( "about the incorrect choices listed, so 64 is the smallest such integer.  \r\n" );
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