✔ 最佳答案
1296 = 2^4 X 3^4 = 6^4
(-6)^4 also works.
And you could also make that (6^2)^2 = 36^2
Or (-36)^2
And lastly there is the trivial 1296^1
So all together, there are 5 pairs of integers that will work. Integers can be positive or negative. I'm surprised so many fine people are missing the negative possibilities for a.