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An infinite sequence of positive integers is called a perfect sequence. If each term in the sequence is a perfect number, that is, if each term can be expressed as the sum of its divisors, excluding itself. For example, 6 is a perfect number, as its divisors, 1, 2, and 3, sum to 6. Is the infinite sequence S a perfect sequence?

(1) Exactly one term in S is a prime number.
(2) In sequence S, each term after the first in S has exactly 3 divisors.
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An infinite sequence of positive integers is called a perfect sequence. If each term in the sequence is a perfect number, that is, if each term can be expressed as the sum of its divisors, excluding itself. For example, 6 is a perfect number, as its divisors, 1, 2, and 3, sum to 6. Is the infinite sequence S a perfect sequence?

(1) Exactly one term in S is a prime number --> primes have exactly two divisors 1 and itself, hence no prime is a perfect number, which means that S is not a perfect sequence. Sufficient.

(2) In sequence S, each term after the first in S has exactly 3 divisors --> a number to have exactly 3 divisors must be square of a prime, for example 3^2=9 has 3 divisors: 1, 3, and 9 (1, p, and p^2). No, such number is a perfect number: 1+3 cannot equal to 9, (1+p cannot equal to p^2 for integer p), which means that S is not a perfect sequence. Sufficient.

Question about a perfect number: what-is-the-positive-integer-n-1-the-sum-of-all-of-the-126635.html

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(D) it is.

Using statement (1), if one term in the sequence is a prime number, that number can never have the sum of the divisors (except the number itself) add up to the number itself. Therefore that number is not a perfect number. Therefore the sequence containing this number is not a perfect sequence. Sufficient.

Using statement (2), if each term after the first has exactly three divisors, none of the numbers with these three divisors can be a perfect number. This is because one of the divisors will be the number itself, which will get excluded. The other two divisors will be 1 and another factor. This means the number must be = the factor + 1, which is not possible. Therefore this sequence is not a perfect sequence. Sufficient.

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An infinite sequence of positive integers is called a perfect
sequence if each term in the sequence is a perfect number,
that is, if each term can be expressed as the sum of its divisors,
excluding itself. For example, 6 is a perfect number, as its
divisors, 1, 2, and 3, sum to 6. Is the infinite sequence S a
perfect sequence?

(1) Exactly one term in S is a prime number.
(2) In sequence S, each term after the first in S has exactly 3 divisors.

The OA is D. I put down A as my answer. For statement 2 I get that a positive integer with 3 divisors will be the square of a prime number (4, 9, 25, 49, etc.). This statement though says that each term AFTER THE FIRST has 3 divisors. So the first term could be a perfect number or not. Maybe I'm missing something here. Any help on this will be helpful.
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06 Sep 2012, 16:52
Arbitrageur wrote:
An infinite sequence of positive integers is called a perfect
sequence if each term in the sequence is a perfect number,
that is, if each term can be expressed as the sum of its divisors,
excluding itself. For example, 6 is a perfect number, as its
divisors, 1, 2, and 3, sum to 6. Is the infinite sequence S a
perfect sequence?

(1) Exactly one term in S is a prime number.
(2) In sequence S, each term after the first in S has exactly 3 divisors.

The OA is D. I put down A as my answer. For statement 2 I get that a positive integer with 3 divisors will be the square of a prime number (4, 9, 25, 49, etc.). This statement though says that each term AFTER THE FIRST has 3 divisors. So the first term could be a perfect number or not. Maybe I'm missing something here. Any help on this will be helpful.
Hi Arbitraguer,

The question asks if S is a perfect sequence, meaning that every term must be perfect. (1) tells us the first term is not perfect; (2) tells us that no term after the first can be perfect. Therefore, each of (1) and (2) answers "NO" to the question of whether the entire sequence is perfect. Both are sufficient!
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An infinite sequence of positive integers is called a perfect sequence. If each term in the sequence is a perfect number, that is, if each term can be expressed as the sum of its divisors, excluding itself. For example, 6 is a perfect number, as its divisors, 1, 2, and 3, sum to 6. Is the infinite sequence S a perfect sequence?

(1) Exactly one term in S is a prime number.
(2) In sequence S, each term after the first in S has exactly 3 divisors.

question can be written in a better way:

An infinite sequence of positive integers is called a perfect sequence, if each term in the sequence is a perfect number, that is, if each term can be expressed as the sum of its divisors, excluding itself. For example, 6 is a perfect number, as its divisors, 1, 2, and 3, sum to 6. Is the infinite sequence S a perfect sequence?
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An infinite sequence of positive integers is called a perfect sequence. If each term in the sequence is a perfect number, that is, if each term can be expressed as the sum of its divisors, excluding itself. For example, 6 is a perfect number, as its divisors, 1, 2, and 3, sum to 6. Is the infinite sequence S a perfect sequence?

(1) Exactly one term in S is a prime number.
(2) In sequence S, each term after the first in S has exactly 3 divisors

1 st.) This statement sufficient by itself, because any the feature of the prime number is that it has only two divisors, 1 and the number itself. But according to the definition of the perfect numbers the sum of the divisors (excl. the number itself) should be equal to the number itself - which is not possible with prime numbers. So the sequence is not perfect. Sufficient.

2 st.) lets take some numbers that have exactly 3 divisors: 4 (1, 2, 4) - the sum of the 1+2 is 3, which is not perfect number. next number is 9 (1, 3, 9) the sum of 1+3=4 again not perfect since it does not equal to 9. Next number is 25 (1, 5, 25) the same conclusion. Here is the pattern, only squares of the prime numbers could have exactly 3 divisors, that means in this sequence we have not perfect numbers - sufficient.

So each statement sufficient on its own - D.
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