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Each factor of 210 is inscribed on its own plastic ball, and all of the balls are placed in a jar. If a ball is randomly selected from the jar, what is the probability that the ball is inscribed with a multiple of 42? A. 1/16 B. 5/42 C. 1/8 D. 3/16 E. 1/4 Please post the fastest method with time.
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30 Apr 2012, 07:31
BDSunDevil wrote: Each factor of 210 is inscribed on its own plastic ball, and all of the balls are placed in a jar. If a ball is randomly selected from the jar, what is the probability that the ball is inscribed with a multiple of 42?
A. 1/16
B. 5/42
C. 1/8
D. 3/16
E. 1/4
Please post the fastest method with time. 210=2*3*5*7, so the # of factors 210 has is (1+1)(1+1)(1+1)(1+1)=16 (see below); 42=2*3*7, so out of 16 factors only two are multiples of 42: 42 and 210, itself; So, the probability is 2/16=1/8. Answer: C. Finding the Number of Factors of an IntegerFirst make prime factorization of an integer n=a^p*b^q*c^r, where a, b, and c are prime factors of n and p, q, and r are their powers. The number of factors of n will be expressed by the formula (p+1)(q+1)(r+1). NOTE: this will include 1 and n itself. Example: Finding the number of all factors of 450: 450=2^1*3^2*5^2Total number of factors of 450 including 1 and 450 itself is (1+1)*(2+1)*(2+1)=2*3*3=18 factors. For more on these issues check Number Theory chapter of Math Book: math-number-theory-88376.htmlHope it helps.
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Re: Each factor of 210 is inscribed on its own plastic ball, and [#permalink]
30 May 2012, 12:26
Sorry Bunuel,
i don't get it.
as you said:
210 = 2*5*7*3 and 42 = 2*7*3;
so i would say there are 5 multiples of 42 between 42 and 210.
since I'm obviously wrong, can you please help me to understand where's the mistake?
thanks in advance
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Re: Each factor of 210 is inscribed on its own plastic ball, and [#permalink]
30 May 2012, 22:23
maffo wrote: Sorry Bunuel,
i don't get it.
as you said:
210 = 2*5*7*3 and 42 = 2*7*3;
so i would say there are 5 multiples of 42 between 42 and 210.
since I'm obviously wrong, can you please help me to understand where's the mistake?
thanks in advance By the time we are waiting for Bunuel's reply , I will attempt to answer this.  I think you mean 42*1, 42*2 ... 42*5 as 5 multiples. But the plastic balls that we have with us, do not have these numbers inscribed on them, because they are not the factors of 210. For 42*2 to be on one of the plastic balls, we will need an additional 2 with 42 (which is not there, we only have a 5 left; 42 already takes care of 2*7*3 from 210.) So, 42*2 = 84 , is not a factor of 210, therefore the assumption does not hold true. Hope I am making some sense !!
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Re: Each factor of 210 is inscribed on its own plastic ball, and [#permalink]
31 May 2012, 04:05
Bunuel wrote: BDSunDevil wrote: Each factor of 210 is inscribed on its own plastic ball, and all of the balls are placed in a jar. If a ball is randomly selected from the jar, what is the probability that the ball is inscribed with a multiple of 42?
A. 1/16
B. 5/42
C. 1/8
D. 3/16
E. 1/4
Please post the fastest method with time. 210=2*3*5*7, so the # of factors 210 has is (1+1)(1+1)(1+1)(1+1)=16 (see below); 42=2*3*7, so out of 16 factors only two are multiples of 42: 42 and 210, itself; So, the probability is 2/16=1/8. Answer: C. Finding the Number of Factors of an IntegerFirst make prime factorization of an integer n=a^p*b^q*c^r, where a, b, and c are prime factors of n and p, q, and r are their powers. The number of factors of n will be expressed by the formula (p+1)(q+1)(r+1). NOTE: this will include 1 and n itself. Example: Finding the number of all factors of 450: 450=2^1*3^2*5^2Total number of factors of 450 including 1 and 450 itself is (1+1)*(2+1)*(2+1)=2*3*3=18 factors. For more on these issues check Number Theory chapter of Math Book: math-number-theory-88376.htmlHope it helps. As it said multiples of 42, I had not considered 42 itself. Where did I went wrong in reasoning?
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manulath wrote: Bunuel wrote: BDSunDevil wrote: Each factor of 210 is inscribed on its own plastic ball, and all of the balls are placed in a jar. If a ball is randomly selected from the jar, what is the probability that the ball is inscribed with a multiple of 42?
A. 1/16
B. 5/42
C. 1/8
D. 3/16
E. 1/4
Please post the fastest method with time. 210=2*3*5*7, so the # of factors 210 has is (1+1)(1+1)(1+1)(1+1)=16 (see below); 42=2*3*7, so out of 16 factors only two are multiples of 42: 42 and 210, itself; So, the probability is 2/16=1/8. Answer: C. Finding the Number of Factors of an IntegerFirst make prime factorization of an integer n=a^p*b^q*c^r, where a, b, and c are prime factors of n and p, q, and r are their powers. The number of factors of n will be expressed by the formula (p+1)(q+1)(r+1). NOTE: this will include 1 and n itself. Example: Finding the number of all factors of 450: 450=2^1*3^2*5^2Total number of factors of 450 including 1 and 450 itself is (1+1)*(2+1)*(2+1)=2*3*3=18 factors. For more on these issues check Number Theory chapter of Math Book: math-number-theory-88376.htmlHope it helps. As it said multiples of 42, I had not considered 42 itself. Where did I went wrong in reasoning? Note that an integer a is a multiple of an integer b (integer a is a divisible by an integer b) means that \frac{a}{b}=integer. Since 42/42=integer then 42 is a multiple of itself (generally every positive integer is a multiple of itself). Hope it's clear.
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