Jack has three plates in front of him. The giant has beans that he distributes to the three plates. All the beans look the same, but one of them is a magic bean. Jack doesn't know which one it is, but the giant knows.
Jack can ask the giant questions of the form: "Does this subset of the beans contain the magic bean?" In each question Jack may choose any subset of beans from a single plate, and the giant will respond truthfully.
If the three plates contain , and beans respectively, we let be the minimal number of questions Jack needs to ask in order to guarantee he locates the magic bean. For example, and .
Let be the sum of over all triples of non-negative integers , , with .
You are given: and .
A repunit, , is a number made up with digits all '1'. For example, and .
Find . Give your answer modulo .
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