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AMC12 2000 A

AMC12 2000 A · Q7

AMC12 2000 A · Q7. It mainly tests Logarithms (rare), Primes & prime factorization.

How many positive integers $b$ have the property that $\log_{b} 729$ is a positive integer?
有多少个正整数 $b$ 满足 $\log_{b} 729$ 是一个正整数?
(A) 0 0
(B) 1 1
(C) 2 2
(D) 3 3
(E) 4 4
Answer
Correct choice: (E)
正确答案:(E)
Solution
If $\log_{b} 729 = n$, then $b^n = 729$. Since $729 = 3^6$, $b$ must be $3$ to some factor of 6. Thus, there are four (3, 9, 27, 729) possible values of $b \Longrightarrow \boxed{\mathrm{E}}$.
若 $\log_{b} 729 = n$,则 $b^n = 729$。由于 $729 = 3^6$,$b$ 必须是 $3$ 的某个指数为 6 的因子的幂。因此,$b$ 有四种可能取值(3、9、27、729)$\Longrightarrow \boxed{\mathrm{E}}$。
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