# Maths in a Chatbot

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*Task 1 of the municipal stage (Moscow) of the All-Russian School Olympiad (VsOSh) 2025/26 in artificial intelligence, grades 9–11 (variant III). Original: [tasks-ai-9-11-mun-msk-25-26.pdf](https://vos.olimpiada.ru/upload/files/Arhive_tasks/2025-26/mun/ai/tasks-ai-9-11-mun-msk-25-26.pdf).*

Dima chose two natural numbers $a$ and $b$. Then he sent an AI model a request to compute $a^b$. He wrote this expression on a piece of paper, photographed it and uploaded the photograph. Because of the untidy handwriting, the model recognised the expression as $a \cdot b$ and computed exactly that. As a result, its answer turned out to be 110 less than the correct one.

What answer did the model give?

*Translator's note: this task's points are not stated in the statement paper (whose total is 600 points); the official answers give a maximum of 100 points (exact match of the answer).*