2009 AMC 10A Problems/Problem 19
Problem
Circle 
has radius 
. Circle 
has an integer radius 
and remains internally tangent to circle as it rolls once around the circumference of circle . The two circles have the same points of tangency at the beginning and end of cirle 's trip. How many possible values can 
have?
Solution
The circumference of circle A is 
, and the circumference of circle B with radius is 
. Since circle B makes a complete revolution and ends up on the same point, the circumference of A must be a multiple of the circumference of B, therefore the quotient must be an integer.
Thus, 
Therefore must then be a factor of 100, excluding 100 (because then circle B would be the same size as circle A). 
. Therefore 100 has 
factors*. But you need to subtract 1 from 9, in order to exclude 100. Therefore the answer is 
.
*The number of factors ofand so on, where
and
are prime numbers, is
.
and so on, where 
and 
are prime numbers, is 
.
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