no of odd fators

let N has total 105 factors including 1 and N.....if N is divisible by 1000 then total number of odd factors of N lying between 1 and N can be..can be..can be (ans batao)[3]

btw this is a q of bmat open test of last year

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Lokesh Verma ·

this is ur doubt?

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Che ·

nope[1]

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mentor_nitish ·

105=3*5*7=(2+1)*(4+1)*(6+1)

so N=a2*b4*c6

where a,b and c are prime numbers
as 1000 is a factor so one them will be 2 and the other will be 5
and a is to be determined

we can proceed in this way and take the various cases

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Lokesh Verma ·

1000 = 23.53

also n is a factor of 1000
now since n has 105 factors, and 105=5x3x7

it means that n can have atmost 3 prime factors of n.. 2 of them being 2 and 5

Assume that there are exactly 3 factors

This means that n is of the form 2a 5b pc
the number of factors being (a+1)(b+1)(c+1) = 5x3x7
so a, b and c are either 4 or 2 or 6
but a is greater than equal to 3 .. so a+1>3...
also b+1 is greater than 3 by the same logic
The number of odd factors will be (b+1)(c+1)

so it will be a factor of 105 which can take values either 3x7 or 3x5 = 21 or 15

Assume that there are exactly 2 factors

This means that n is of the form 2a 5b
the number of factors being (a+1)(b+1) = 5x21 = 3x35=7x15
again we know that a is greater than equal to three

The number of odd factors will be (b+1) = 21 or 5 or 7 or 15

So the answer is 4 values given by 4, 6, 14 and 20.

I hope i have not missed out anything [1]

1
Che ·

or is it 4,6,14,20 [4]

between 1 and N

rest is all fine

gr8[1]

62
Lokesh Verma ·

oh yeah :P

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