Task: Question Answering
Input (English): Problem: tough and tricky questions : functions . let a be a positive integer . let n # a equal n ^ ( 2 a ) if a is odd and n ^ ( 3 a ) if a is even . then ( 2 # 3 ) + ( 2 # 3 ) – ( 3 # 3 ) is equal to 
Options: a ) 64 , b ) 82 , c ) 128 , d ) 729 , e ) 1522
Output (English): d