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Problem
For how many integers does the expressionrepresent a real number, where log denotes the base logarithm?
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
(E)
Solution
We have Because is an integer and is well defined, must be a positive integer. Case 1: or . The above expression is 0. So these are valid solutions. Case 2: . Thus, and . To make the above expression real, we must have . Thus, . Thus, . Hence, the number of solutions in this case is 899. Putting all cases together, the total number of solutions is .
Final answer
E