Problem

1986 AIME Problem 7

The increasing sequence 1,3,4,9,10,12,13\cdots consists of all those positive integers which are powers of 3 or sums of distinct powers of 3. Find the 100^{\text{th}} term of this sequence.

Leading zeroes must be inputted, so if your answer is 34, then input 034


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