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Because <math>n</math> divides <math>999</math>, the number of possibilities for <math>n</math> is the same as the number of factors of <math>999</math>, excluding <math>1</math>. | Because <math>n</math> divides <math>999</math>, the number of possibilities for <math>n</math> is the same as the number of factors of <math>999</math>, excluding <math>1</math>. |
Revision as of 18:51, 1 February 2020
Problem
For how many positive integers is
not divisible by
? (Recall that
is the greatest integer less than or equal to
.)
Solution 1
Let . If the expression
is not divisible by
, then the three terms in the expression must be
, which would imply that
is a divisor of
but not
, or
, which would imply that
is a divisor of
but not
.
has
factors, and
has
factors. However,
does not work because
a divisor of both
and
, and since
is counted twice, the answer is
.
Solution 2 (Casework)
Let . Notice that for every integer
, if
is an integer, then the three terms in the expression must be
, if
is an integer, then the three terms in the expression must be
, and if
is an integer, then the three terms in the expression must be
. This is due to the fact that
,
, and
share no factors other than 1.
So, there are two cases:
Case 1: divides 999
Because divides
, the number of possibilities for
is the same as the number of factors of
, excluding
.
=
So, the total number of factors of is
.
However, we have to subtract
, because we have counted the case where
when we already know that
.
Video Solution
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See Also
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