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2008 a fourth power? Baseless! (Posted on 2010-10-09)

Can the base B number 2008 be a perfect fourth power, where B is a positive integer ≥ 9?

If so, give an example. If not, prove that the base B number 2008 can never be a perfect fourth power.

Submitted by K Sengupta

Rating: 4.5000 (2 votes)

Solution: (Hide)

Base B number 2008 can never be a perfect fourth power.
For a proof, refer to the solution submitted by Paul in this location.

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Subject	Author	Date
possible solution	broll	2010-10-10 03:42:26
solution	Paul	2010-10-09 17:54:53
No Subject	Vishal Gupta	2010-10-09 15:52:13

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