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Advanced Number Theory · Challenge problem

A positive integer NN has exactly three digits a,b,ca,b,c when written in base 88 (so N=64a+8b+cN = 64a+8b+c with 1≤a≤71 \le a \le 7 and 0≤b,c≤70\le b,c\le7). When those same three digits, reversed, are read as a base-99 numeral, the result equals 2N2N. Find NN.