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2007 AIME II Problems/Problem 2

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Problem

Find the number of ordered triple where , , and are positive integers, is a factor of , is a factor of , and .

Solution

Denote and . The last condition reduces to \displaystyle a(1 + x + y) = 100. Therefore, is equal to one of the 9 factors of .

Subtracting the one, we see that \displaystyle x + y = \{0,1,3,4,9,19,24,49,99\}. There are exactly ways to find pairs of if . Thus, there are \displaystyle 0 + 0 + 2 + 3 + 8 + 18 + 23 + 48 + 98 = 200 solutions of .

Alternatively, note that the sum of the divisors of is (1 + 2 + 2^2)(1 + 5 + 5^2) \displaystyle (notice that after distributing, every divisor is accounted for). This evaluates to . Subtract for reasons noted above to get . Finally, this changes , so we have to add one to account for that. We get .

See also

2007 AIME II (ProblemsResources)
Preceded by
Problem 1
Followed by
Problem 3
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