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For any positive integer $n$, let $f(n)=n(n+1)$ if $n$ is even, and $f(n)=n+3$ if $n$ is odd. If $m$ is a positive integer such that $8 f(m+1)-f(m)=2$, then $m$ equals

Consider two sets $A = \{2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13\}$ and $B = \{1, 8, 27\}$. Let $f$ be a function from $A$ to $B$ such that for every element $b$ in $B$, there is at least one element $a$ in $A$ such that $f(a) = b$. Then, the total number of such functions $f$ is

Consider a function $f$ satisfying $f(\mathrm{x}+\mathrm{y})=f(\mathrm{x}) \mathrm{f}(\mathrm{y})$ where $x , y$ are positive integers, and $f(1)=2$. If $f(\mathrm{a}+1)+f(\mathrm{a}+2)+\ldots \ldots+f(\mathrm{a}+\mathrm{n})=$ $16\left(2^{n}-1\right)$ then a is equal to