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even with testing values i got tricked and mistakenly chose C !
is there another way to solve it or at least understand that 3 is a good fit ?

I think it's the easiest way to solve. The key here is to see that when x is 4 or more, 2^x will be more than or equal to x^2. So, you have to test only 3 values: 1, 2, and 3.
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Yea I got it :) thank you bunuel :)
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