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UKMT Senior Mathematical Challenge, 2021

Algebra Difficulty 1.0 Junior Find the answer United Kingdom

Which of these numbers is the largest?

(A) $2^{5000}$ (B) $3^{4000}$ (C) $4^{3000}$ (D) $5^{2000}$ (E) $6^{1000}$

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