Let be any natural number such that . Then, the least integer value of m that satisfies for each such , is
Let be any natural number such that . Then, the least integer value of m that satisfies for each such , is
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Solution
We need to find the range of natural numbers that satisfy the first condition, then determine the minimum value of for the second condition.
Let us check which natural numbers satisfy by testing different values:
For : → (true)
For : → (true)
For : → (true)
For : → (true)
For : → (true)
For : → (false)
As increases, grows faster than because the base 5 is larger than 3. Eventually, the exponential with base 5 will overtake the one with base 3.
Therefore, can be 1, 2, 3, 4, or 5.
Now we need to hold for all valid values of (that's what "for each such " means).
Since we need this inequality to work for ALL valid values, we should focus on the most restrictive case - the largest value of .
The largest valid is 5, so let us use :
We need to find the smallest integer such that .
Let us check powers of 2:
(not enough)
(sufficient)
So we need , which gives .
Let us check that works for all other values of :
For : → (true)
For : → (true)
For : → (true)
For : → (true)
All inequalities hold.
Therefore, the least integer value of is 5.
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