2004 AMC 12A Problem 25

Since $n^3 \cdot a_n = 133.\overline{133}_n$ $= a_n + n^2 + 3n + 3,$ we get $$\begin{aligned} a_n &= \dfrac{n^2 + 3n + 3}{n^3 - 1} \\ &= \dfrac{(n+1)^3 - 1}{n(n^3 - 1)}. \end{aligned}$$ Writing $n^3 - 1 = (n - 1)(n^2 + n + 1)$ and $(n+1)^3 - 1$ $= n\big((n+1)^2 + (n+1) + 1\big),$ the product $a_4 a_5 \cdots a_{99}$ telescopes to $$\begin{gathered} \dfrac{3!}{99!} \cdot \dfrac{100^3 - 1}{4^3 - 1} \\ {}= \dfrac{3!}{99!} \cdot \dfrac{99(100^2 + 100 + 1)}{63}. \end{gathered}$$ This simplifies to $\dfrac{(2)(10101)}{(21)(98!)} = \dfrac{962}{98!}.$ If $n \le 97,$ then rewriting this fraction with denominator $n!$ would require $98$ to divide $962,$ which it does not. Hence the smallest possible $n$ is $98,$ and $m = 962.$ Thus, the correct answer is E.