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[mortal bloom]

The answer is m = 0, but would that not make a = 1?. a > 1

[mortal bloom]

no it would not make a=1, it would make a^4m and a^10m =1 not a itself

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but if u put m = 0 in

it becomes a^0 which is 1 no?

yh

but a is not 1

it is a^0 that is 1

oh

i see what i mixed up