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Revision as of 16:46, 18 July 2011
Problem
For how many positive integers n less than or equal to is evenly divisible by ?
Solution
Since , the condition is equivalent to having an integer value for . This reduces, when , to having an integer value for . This fraction is an integer unless is an odd prime. There are 8 odd primes less than or equal to 25, so there are numbers less than or equal to 24 that satisfy the condition.
See Also
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