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#20432

damn

#20433

While you cannot do the step of [multiplying by 3 and adding 1] twice in a row, you can do [multiply by 3 and add 1; divide by 2] multiple times in a row, and in this case your number has grown.

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#20434

NYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA do you want a non-unsolved number theory problem

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#20435

sure!

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#20436

damn it

#20437

NYAAAAAAAAAAAAAA thbthtbhtbhtbthbthbthb I could give you A1 from the putnam this year
May is this too mean

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#20438

this took me like 1.5 hours to solve and write out the solution for so nya thbthtbhtbthbthtbhtbhtbthb it is. a bit difficult thbthtbhtbthbthbthtbhtbthbthbthbtb

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#20439

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#20440

isnt tutuu really good at this stuff though

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#20441

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#20442

[on the putnam you need to not only solve it, but prove your answers as well]

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#20443

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#20444

isnt n like all positive integers that exist? i can make a b and c to be whatever i want to make the equation correct. and the question asks fo me to determine n and not a b and c

#20445

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a, b, and c have to be positive integers

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#20446

yeah. i think i can still make them whatever i want (satisfying this condition). for any n. thats my guess at least

#20447

you cannot

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#20448

this is really difficult i cant sorry :sob:

#20449

NYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA Nah, you’d win!!! it took me a while too thhtbhthtbhtbthbthb

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#20450

Just saw an employee steal like ten thousand sauce stuff. Weirdly enough though I now have amnesia and sadly forgot about it

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#20451

i just opened my yogurt and it splashed all over my face

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