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Saturday, January 28, 2012

Replacing number on the board

In a blackboard, the number 2012 is initially written. On each turn, the student can choose on of the three numbers: 6, 1006, 1509, and multiply it with the existing number on the board. The existing number is then erased and replaced with the new product.

The teacher has a specific integer k > 1 in mind, and the goal for the student is to get the number of the board to have form n^k where n is an integer.

Determine all values of k such that, after a finite number of turns, the number of the board will have the desired form.

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