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  1. February 7th 2013, 04:08 PM #1
    chopper07
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    How many pairs of positive integers x and y satisfy the equation xy=20132013?
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  2. February 7th 2013, 09:50 PM #2
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    Re: Integers

    Hello, chopper07!

    Is there more to the problem?
    As given, it's rather silly.

    \text{How many pairs of positive integers }x,y\text{ satisfy the equation: }\:x^y\:=\:2013^{2013}\,?

    Answer: one pair . \begin{Bmatrix}x \:=\:2013 \\ y \:=\:2013\end{Bmatrix}
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