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AMC 12 2002a Problem 3

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According to the standard convention for exponentiation, 2222=2(2(22))=216=65536.2^{2^{2^{2}}} = 2^{\left(2^{\left(2^2\right)}\right)} = 2^{16} = 65536.

If the order in which the exponentiations are performed is changed, how many other values are possible?

(A) 0(B) 1(C) 2(D) 3(E) 4\mathrm{(A) \ } 0 \mathrm{(B) \ } 1 \mathrm{(C) \ } 2 \mathrm{(D) \ } 3 \mathrm{(E) \ } 4

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