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AMC 12 2013b Problem 15

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The number 20132013 is expressed in the form <br > 2013=a1!a2!...am!b1!b2!...bn!2013 = \frac {a_1!a_2!...a_m!}{b_1!b_2!...b_n!},where a1≥a2≥...≥ama_1 \ge a_2 \ge ... \ge a_m and b1≥b2≥...≥bnb_1 \ge b_2 \ge ... \ge b_n are positive integers and a1+b1a_1 + b_1 is as small as possible. What is ∣a1−b1∣|a_1 - b_1|?

\textbf{(A)}\ 1 \textbf{(B)}\ 2 \textbf{(C)}\ 3 \textbf{(D)}\ 4 \textbf{(E)}\ 5

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