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Let $f(x)=(x^2+3x+2)^{cos(\pi x)}$. Find the sum of all positive integers $n$ for which $\left |\sum_{k=1}^nlog_{10}f(k)\right|=1.$

The domain of the function $f(x) = \arcsin(\log_{m}(nx))$ is a closed interval of length $\frac{1}{2013}$ , where $m$ and $n$ are positive integers and $m>1$. Find the remainder when the smallest possible sum $m+n$ is divided by 1000.

Positive integers $a$ and $b$ satisfy the condition $\log_2(\log_{2^a}(\log_{2^b}(2^{1000}))) = 0.$ Find the sum of all possible values of $a+b$.

Let $x,$ $y,$ and $z$ be positive real numbers that satisfy $2\log_{x}(2y) = 2\log_{2x}(4z) = \log_{2x^4}(8yz) \ne 0.$ The value of $xy^5z$ can be expressed in the form $\frac{1}{2^{p\/q}},$ where $p$ and $q$ are relatively prime positive integers. Find $p+q.$

Suppose that $y = \frac34x$ and $x^y = y^x$. The quantity $x + y$ can be expressed as a rational number $\frac {r}{s}$, where $r$ and $s$ are relatively prime positive integers. Find $r + s$.

For each positive integer n, let $f(n) = \displaystyle\sum_{k = 1}^{100} \lfloor \log_{10} (kn) \rfloor$. Find the largest value of n for which $f(n) \le 300$. Note: $\lfloor x \rfloor$ is the greatest integer less than or equal to $x$.

Positive numbers $x$, $y$, and $z$ satisfy $xyz = 10^{81}$ and $(\log_{10}x)(\log_{10} yz) + (\log_{10}y) (\log_{10}z) = 468$. Find $\sqrt {(\log_{10}x)^2 + (\log_{10}y)^2 + (\log_{10}z)^2}$.

What is the value of $a$ for which $\frac{1}{\text{log}_2a} + \frac{1}{\text{log}_3a} + \frac{1}{\text{log}_4a} = 1$?

What is the value of $2-(-2)^{-2}$ ?

What is the value of $(625^{\log_5 2015})^{\frac{1}{4}}$ ?

The first three terms of a geometric progression are $\sqrt 3$, $\sqrt[3]3$, and $\sqrt[6]3$. What is the fourth term?

The domain of the function $f(x)=\log_{\frac12}(\log_4(\log_{\frac14}(\log_{16}(\log_{\frac1{16}}x))))$ is an interval of length $\tfrac mn$, where $m$ and $n$ are relatively prime positive integers. What is $m+n$?

For every real number $x$, let $\lfloor x\rfloor$ denote the greatest integer not exceeding $x$, and let $f(x)=\lfloor x\rfloor(2014^{x-\lfloor x\rfloor}-1).$ The set of all numbers $x$ such that $1\leq x<2014$ and $f(x)\leq 1$ is a union of disjoint intervals. What is the sum of the lengths of those intervals?

When $p = \sum\limits_{k=1}^{6} k \ln{k}$, the number $e^p$ is an integer. What is the largest power of 2 that is a factor of $e^p$?

For how many positive integers $x$ is $\log_{10}(x-40) + \log_{10}(60-x) < 2$ ?

The sequence $\log_{12}{162}$, $\log_{12}{x}$, $\log_{12}{y}$, $\log_{12}{z}$, $\log_{12}{1250}$ is an arithmetic progression. What is $x$?

Consider $A = \log (2013 + \log (2012 + \log (2011 + \log (\cdots + \log (3 + \log 2) \cdots ))))$. Which of the following intervals contains $A$?

Let $m>1$ and $n>1$ be integers. Suppose that the product of the solutions for $x$ of the equation $8(\log_n x)(\log_m x)-7\log_n x-6 \log_m x-2013 = 0$ is the smallest possible integer. What is $m+n$?

At a competition with $N$ players, the number of players given elite status is equal to $2^{1+\lfloor \log_{2} (N-1) \rfloor}-N$. Suppose that $19$ players are given elite status. What is the sum of the two smallest possible values of $N$?

Let $f(x) = 10^{10x}, g(x) = \log_{10}\left(\frac{x}{10}\right), h_1(x) = g(f(x))$, and $h_n(x) = h_1(h_{n-1}(x))$ for integers $n \geq 2$. What is the sum of the digits of $h_{2011}(1)$?

If $x<0$, then which of the following must be positive?

The solution of the equation $7^{x+7} = 8^x$ can be expressed in the form $x = \log_b 7^7$. What is $b$?

Let $f(x) = \log_{10} \left(\sin(\pi x) \cdot \sin(2 \pi x) \cdot \sin (3 \pi x) \cdots \sin(8 \pi x)\right)$. The intersection of the domain of $f(x)$ with the interval $[0,1]$ is a union of $n$ disjoint open intervals. What is $n$?

For what value of $x$ does $\log_{\sqrt{2}}\sqrt{x}+\log_{2}{x}+\log_{4}{x^2}+\log_{8}{x^3}+\log_{16}{x^4}=40?$

The tower function of twos is defined recursively as follows: $T(1) = 2$ and $T(n + 1) = 2^{T(n)}$ for $n\ge1$. Let $A = (T(2009))^{T(2009)}$ and $B = (T(2009))^A$. What is the largest integer $k$ such that $\underbrace{\log_2\log_2\log_2\ldots\log_2B}_{k\text{ times}}$ is defined?