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Algebra Difficulty 2.0 Junior Find the answer

Which of the following integers is equal to a perfect square: 232^{3}, 353^{5}, 474^{7}, 595^{9}, 6116^{11}?

A number or a short expression. Spacing and $ signs are ignored.

Solution

Since 4=224 = 2^{2}, then 47=(22)7=214=(27)24^{7} = (2^{2})^{7} = 2^{14} = (2^{7})^{2}, which means that 474^{7} is a perfect square. We can check, for example using a calculator, that the square root of each of the other four choices is not an integer, and so each of these four choices cannot be expressed as the square of an integer.

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