Without actually calculating find which is greater
3111 or 1714
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Solution
They key to this problem is 17 x 2=34 and 34>31 31¹¹<34¹¹ 34¹¹=(17 x 2)¹¹=17¹¹ x 2¹¹= 17¹¹ x 2⁴ x 2⁴ x 2³ 17¹¹ x 2⁴ x 2⁴ x 2³< 17¹¹ x 17 x 17 x 17 17¹¹ x 17 x 17 x 17=17¹⁴
Since 31¹¹<34¹¹ and 34¹¹ = 17¹⁴ therefore 31¹¹<17¹⁴