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2020 AIME II Problems/Problem 1

Problem

Find the number of ordered pairs of positive integers $(m,n)$ such that ${m^2n = 20 ^{20}}$.

Solution

In this problem, we want to find the number of ordered pairs $(m, n)$ such that $m^2n = 20^{20}$. Let $x = m^2$. Therefore, we want two numbers, $x$ and $n$, such that their product is $20^{20}$ and $x$ is a perfect square. Note that there is exactly one valid $n$ for a unique $x$, which is $\tfrac{20^{20}}{x}$. This reduces the problem to finding the number of unique perfect square factors of $20^{20}$.


$20^{20} = 2^{40} \cdot 5^{20} = \left(2^2\right)^{20}\cdot\left(5^2\right)^{10}.$ Therefore, the answer is $21 \cdot 11 = \boxed{231}.$


~superagh

~TheBeast5520

Solution 2 (Official MAA)

Because $20^{20}=2^{40}5^{20}$, if $m^2n = 20^{20}$, there must be nonnegative integers $a$, $b$, $c$, and $d$ such that $m = 2^a5^b$ and $n = 2^c5^d$. Then \[2a + c = 40\] and \[2b+d = 20\] The first equation has $21$ solutions corresponding to $a = 0,1,2,\dots,20$, and the second equation has $11$ solutions corresponding to $b = 0,1,2,\dots,10$. Therefore there are a total of $21\cdot11 = 231$ ordered pairs $(m,n)$ such that $m^2n = 20^{20}$.


Video Solution by OmegaLearn

https://youtu.be/zfChnbMGLVQ?t=4612

~ pi_is_3.14

Video Solution

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VA1lReSkGXU

~ North America Math Contest Go Go Go

Video Solution

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x0QznvXcwHY

~IceMatrix

Video Solution

https://youtu.be/Va3MPyAULdU

~avn

Purple Comet Math Meet April 2020

Notice, that this was the exact same problem (with different wording of course) as Purple Comet HS problem 3 and remembering the answer, put $\boxed{231}$.

https://purplecomet.org/views/data/2020HSSolutions.pdf

~Lopkiloinm

Video Solution by WhyMath

https://youtu.be/Gs27CPxRiTA

~savannahsolver

See Also

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