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Prime Power Triples

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The smallest number expressible as the sum of a prime square, prime cube, and prime fourth power is 28. In fact, there are exactly four numbers below fifty that can be expressed in such a way:

28=22+23+2433=32+23+2449=52+23+2447=22+33+24

How many numbers below fifty million can be expressed as the sum of a prime square, prime cube, and prime fourth power?

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