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Number theory Difficulty 4.9 AIME Prove it JBMO

Problem:

Each letter of the word OHRID corresponds to a different digit belonging to the set {1,2,3,4,5}\{1,2,3,4,5\}. Decipher the equality (O+H+R+I+D)2:(OHR+I+D)=OHRID.(O+H+R+I+D)^2 : (O-H-R+I+D) = O^{H^{R^{I_{D}}}}.

Solution

Solution:

Since OO, HH, RR, II and DD are distinct numbers from {1,2,3,4,5}\{1,2,3,4,5\}, we have O+H+R+I+D=15O+H+R+I+D=15 and OHR+I+D=O+H+R+I+D2(H+R)<15O-H-R+I+D=O+H+R+I+D-2(H+R)<15. From this OHRID=(O+H+R+I+D)2OHR+I+D=225152(H+R)O^{H^{R^{I^{D}}}}=\frac{(O+H+R+I+D)^2}{O-H-R+I+D}=\frac{225}{15-2(H+R)}, hence OHRID>15O^{H^{R^{I^{D}}}}>15 and divides 225225, which is only possible for OHRID=25O^{H^{R^{I^{D}}}}=25 (must be a power of three or five). This implies that O=5O=5, H=2H=2 and R=1R=1. It's easy to check that both I=3I=3, D=4D=4 and I=4I=4, D=3D=3 satisfy the stated equation.

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