{"status": "success", "data": {"description_md": "A student uses a calculator to find an answer but instead of pressing the $x^2$ key presses the $\\sqrt{x}$ key by mistake. The student's answer was 9. What should the answer have been?\n\n$\\text{(A)}\\ 243\\qquad\\text{(B)}\\ 81\\qquad\\text{(C)}\\ 729\\qquad\\text{(D)}\\ 3\\qquad\\text{(E)}\\ 6561$\n\n___\n\n**[Fermat](https://www.cemc.uwaterloo.ca/contests/past_contests.html#pcf), by [CEMC](https://cemc.uwaterloo.ca/), is licensed under the [CC BY-NC 3.0 DEED](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/). They are not affiliated with or endorse TopsOJ in any way.**\n", "description_html": "<p>A student uses a calculator to find an answer but instead of pressing the <span class=\"katex--inline\">x^2</span> key presses the <span class=\"katex--inline\">\\sqrt{x}</span> key by mistake. The student's answer was 9. What should the answer have been?</p>\n<p><span class=\"katex--inline\">\\text{(A)}\\ 243\\qquad\\text{(B)}\\ 81\\qquad\\text{(C)}\\ 729\\qquad\\text{(D)}\\ 3\\qquad\\text{(E)}\\ 6561</span></p>\n<hr>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https://www.cemc.uwaterloo.ca/contests/past_contests.html#pcf\">Fermat</a>, by <a href=\"https://cemc.uwaterloo.ca/\">CEMC</a>, is licensed under the <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/\">CC BY-NC 3.0 DEED</a>. They are not affiliated with or endorse TopsOJ in any way.</strong></p>\n", "hints_md": "", "hints_html": "", "editorial_md": "", "editorial_html": "", "flag_hint": "", "point_value": 1, "problem_name": "2000 Fermat Problem 6", "can_next": true, "can_prev": true, "nxt": "/problem/00_fermat_p07", "prev": "/problem/00_fermat_p05"}}