2021 Fall AMC 12B Problems/Problem 12
Problem
For a positive integer, let
be the quotient obtained when the sum of all positive divisors
of n is divided by n. For example,
What is
Solution 1
The prime factorization of is
and the prime factorization of
is
Note that
Therefore, the answer is
~lopkiloinm ~MRENTHUSIASM
Solution 2
Let denotes the sum of the positive integer divisors of
so
Suppose that is the prime factorization of
Since
is multiplicative, we have
The prime factorization of
is
and the prime factorization of
is
Note that
Therefore, the answer is
~MRENTHUSIASM
Solution 3
We see that the prime factorization of is
Each of its divisors is in the form of
or
for a nonnegative integer
We can use this fact to our advantage when calculating the sum of all of them. Notice that
is the sum of the two forms of divisors for each
from
to
inclusive. So, the sum of all of the divisors of
is just
Therefore, we have
Similarly, since
we have
Finally, the answer is
~mahaler
See Also
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