document.write( "Question 1150788: How many pairs of positive integers (a,b) satisfy the equation (ab)^a = 46656? \n" ); document.write( "
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\"%28a+b%29%5Ea+=+46656\"
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\n" ); document.write( "\"b%5Ea+=+46656%2Fa%5Ea\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"b+\"= ± \"root%28a%2C46656%29%2Froot%28a%2Ca%5Ea%29\"\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"b+\"= ± \"root%28a%2C46656%29%2Fa\"..............\"46656=6%5E6\", so =>\"a=6\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"b\" = ± \"6%2F6\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"b\" = ± \"1\"\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"a+=+6\", \"b\" = ± \"1\"\r
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\n" ); document.write( "answer: pair of positive integers (\"a\",\"b\")=(\"6\",\"1\")\r
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