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Revision as of 13:10, 31 December 2022

The following problem is from both the 2021 Fall AMC 10B #8 and 2021 Fall AMC 12B #6, so both problems redirect to this page.

Problem

The greatest prime number that is a divisor of $16{,}384$ is $2$ because $16{,}384 = 2^{14}$. What is the sum of the digits of the greatest prime number that is a divisor of $16{,}383$?

$\textbf{(A)} \: 3\qquad\textbf{(B)} \: 7\qquad\textbf{(C)} \: 10\qquad\textbf{(D)} \: 16\qquad\textbf{(E)} \: 22$

Solution

We have \begin{align*} 16383 & = 2^{14} - 1 \\ & = \left( 2^7 + 1 \right) \left( 2^7 - 1 \right) \\ & = 129 \cdot 127 \\ \end{align*}

Since $129$ is composite, $127$ is the largest prime divisible by $16383$. The sum of $127$'s digits is $1+2+7=\boxed{\textbf{(C) }10}$.

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See Also

2021 Fall AMC 10B (Problems • Answer Key • Resources)
Preceded by
Problem 7 		Followed by
Problem 9
1 • 2 • 3 • 4 • 5 • 6 • 7 • 8 • 9 • 10 • 11 • 12 • 13 • 14 • 15 • 16 • 17 • 18 • 19 • 20 • 21 • 22 • 23 • 24 • 25
All AMC 10 Problems and Solutions
2021 Fall AMC 12B (Problems • Answer Key • Resources)
Preceded by
Problem 5 		Followed by
Problem 7
1 • 2 • 3 • 4 • 5 • 6 • 7 • 8 • 9 • 10 • 11 • 12 • 13 • 14 • 15 • 16 • 17 • 18 • 19 • 20 • 21 • 22 • 23 • 24 • 25
All AMC 12 Problems and Solutions

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