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− | Every factor of <math>10^n</math> will be of the form <math>2^a \times 5^b , a\leq n , b\leq n</math>. Not all of these base ten logarithms will be rational, but we can add them together in a certain way to make it rational. Recall the logarithmic property <math>\log(a \times b) = \log(a)+\log(b)</math>. For any factor <math>2^a \times 5^b</math>, there will be another factor <math>2^n-a \times 5^n-b< | + | Every factor of <math>10^n</math> will be of the form <math>2^a \times 5^b , a\leq n , b\leq n</math>. Not all of these base ten logarithms will be rational, but we can add them together in a certain way to make it rational. Recall the logarithmic property <math>\log(a \times b) = \log(a)+\log(b)</math>. For any factor <math>2^a \times 5^b</math>, there will be another factor <math>2^(n-a) \times </math>5^(n-b)<math>.(This is not true if </math>10^n<math> is a perfect square.) When these are added, they equal 2^(a+n-a)</math> \times 5^(b+n-b)<math> = </math>10^n. Log <math>10^n=n. This means the number of factors divided by 2 times n equals the sum of all the factors, 792. |
There are </math>n+1<math> choices for the exponent of 5 in each factor, and for each of those choices, there are </math>n+1<math> factors (each corresponding to a different exponent of 2), yielding </math>0+1+2+3...+n = \frac{n(n+1)}{2}<math> total factors. So we have \frac{n(n+1)}{2}</math> divided by 2 times n = 792 | There are </math>n+1<math> choices for the exponent of 5 in each factor, and for each of those choices, there are </math>n+1<math> factors (each corresponding to a different exponent of 2), yielding </math>0+1+2+3...+n = \frac{n(n+1)}{2}<math> total factors. So we have \frac{n(n+1)}{2}</math> divided by 2 times n = 792 |
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Contents
Problem 23
The sum of the base- logarithms of the divisors of
is
. What is
?
Solutions
Solution 1
Every factor of will be of the form
. Not all of these base ten logarithms will be rational, but we can add them together in a certain way to make it rational. Recall the logarithmic property
. For any factor
, there will be another factor
5^(n-b)
10^n
\times 5^(b+n-b)
10^n. Log $10^n=n. This means the number of factors divided by 2 times n equals the sum of all the factors, 792.
There are$ (Error compiling LaTeX. Unknown error_msg)n+1n+1
0+1+2+3...+n = \frac{n(n+1)}{2}
divided by 2 times n = 792
Solution 2
We are given The property
now gives
The product of the divisors is (from elementary number theory)
where
is the number of divisors. Note that
, so
. Substituting these values with
in our equation above, we get
, from whence we immediately obtain
as the correct answer.
Solution 3
For every divisor of
,
, we have
. There are
divisors of
that are
. After casework on the parity of
, we find that the answer is given by
.
Solution 4
The sum is
Trying for answer choices we get
Alternative thinking
After arriving at the equation , notice that all of the answer choices are in the form
, where
is
. We notice that the ones digit of
is
, and it is dependent on the ones digit of the answer choices. Trying
for
, we see that only
yields a ones digit of
, so our answer is
.
See Also
2008 AMC 12B (Problems • Answer Key • Resources) | |
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Followed by Problem 24 |
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