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Problem 10

You are given that the number a satisfies the following:

(i) Two-thirds of the square of a is a perfect cube.
(ii) Two-fifths of the cube of a is a perfect fifth power.

Determine the smallest possible value of a.

Solution

Note: Modular arithmetic is done when considering everything as remainders of a given modulus (mod n).