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How many positive integers can be expressed as a product of [#permalink] New post 25 Aug 2008, 19:19
How many positive integers can be expressed as a product of two or more of the primes numbers 5,7,11 and 13 if no one product is to include the same factor more than once?
A) 8 b) 9 c) 10 d) 11 e) 12

I got E as the answer ... don't have the OA to this one ... Please show your approach to solve and help to confirm ...
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Re: product of two or more of the primes numbers [#permalink] New post 25 Aug 2008, 20:13
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How many positive integers can be expressed as a product of two or more of the primes numbers 5,7,11 and 13 if no one product is to include the same factor more than once?
A) 8 b) 9 c) 10 d) 11 e) 12

I got E as the answer ... don't have the OA to this one ... Please show your approach to solve and help to confirm ...


I think this is a simple case of permutations. So for this P(4,2) = 4!/(4-2)! = 24/2 = 12.

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Re: product of two or more of the primes numbers [#permalink] New post 25 Aug 2008, 20:58
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How many positive integers can be expressed as a product of two or more of the primes numbers 5,7,11 and 13 if no one product is to include the same factor more than once?
A) 8 b) 9 c) 10 d) 11 e) 12

I got E as the answer ... don't have the OA to this one ... Please show your approach to solve and help to confirm ...


= 4C2+4C3+4C4
= 6+4+1 =11

Will go for D.

How did you get 12.. Show your steps.
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Re: product of two or more of the primes numbers [#permalink] New post 25 Aug 2008, 21:26
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gmatcraze wrote:
How many positive integers can be expressed as a product of two or more of the primes numbers 5,7,11 and 13 if no one product is to include the same factor more than once?
A) 8 b) 9 c) 10 d) 11 e) 12

I got E as the answer ... don't have the OA to this one ... Please show your approach to solve and help to confirm ...


= 4C2+4C3+4C4
= 6+4+1 =11

Will go for D.

How did you get 12.. Show your steps.


x2suresh is right. This is a combinations problem not a permutations problem. -1 for me. :(

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Re: product of two or more of the primes numbers [#permalink] New post 26 Aug 2008, 01:03
6 possible number with any two of the prime factors + 4 possible with three of the primes + 1 possible with all four = 11
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