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Find the number of factors of 180 that are in the form (4*k + 2), where k is a non-negative integer?

A)1
B)2
C)3
D)4
E)6

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SandhyAvinash wrote:
Find the number of factors of 180 that are in the form (4*k + 2), where k is a non-negative integer?

A)1
B)2
C)3
D)4
E)6

4k + 2 = 2(2k + 1) = 2*odd. So, we are looking for even factors which are not multiples of 4.

180 = 2^2*3^2*5. Consider the part without 2^2. Now, 3^2*5 has (2 + 1)(1 + 1) = 6 factors: 1, 3, 5, 9, 15, 45. Any of them paired with 2 will be even factor of 180 which is not a multiple of 4, so 2, 6, 10, 18, 30 and 90.

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12 Dec 2017, 16:36
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SandhyAvinash wrote:
Find the number of factors of 180 that are in the form (4*k + 2), where k is a non-negative integer?

A)1
B)2
C)3
D)4
E)6

4k + 2 = 2(2k + 1) = 2*odd. So, we are looking for even factors which are not multiples of 4.

180 = 2^2*3^2*5. Consider the part without 2^2. Now, 3^2*5 has (2 + 1)(1 + 1) = 6 factors: 1, 3, 5, 9, 15, 45. Any of them paired with 2 will be even factor of 180 which is not a multiple of 4, so 2, 6, 10, 18, 30 and 90.

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12 Dec 2017, 20:30
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SandhyAvinash wrote:
Bunuel wrote:
SandhyAvinash wrote:
Find the number of factors of 180 that are in the form (4*k + 2), where k is a non-negative integer?

A)1
B)2
C)3
D)4
E)6

4k + 2 = 2(2k + 1) = 2*odd. So, we are looking for even factors which are not multiples of 4.

180 = 2^2*3^2*5. Consider the part without 2^2. Now, 3^2*5 has (2 + 1)(1 + 1) = 6 factors: 1, 3, 5, 9, 15, 45. Any of them paired with 2 will be even factor of 180 which is not a multiple of 4, so 2, 6, 10, 18, 30 and 90.

I just manually listed the factors of 90 = 3^2*5. You don't have to find the factors for this question though, it's done here just to illustrate. The fact that 90 has 6 factors (does not matter what they really are) is enough to get that 180 will have twice as many even factors which are not multiples of 4.
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13 Dec 2017, 09:40
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Bunuel wrote:
SandhyAvinash wrote:
Find the number of factors of 180 that are in the form (4*k + 2), where k is a non-negative integer?

A)1
B)2
C)3
D)4
E)6

4k + 2 = 2(2k + 1) = 2*odd. So, we are looking for even factors which are not multiples of 4.

180 = 2^2*3^2*5. Consider the part without 2^2. Now, 3^2*5 has (2 + 1)(1 + 1) = 6 factors: 1, 3, 5, 9, 15, 45. Any of them paired with 2 will be even factor of 180 which is not a multiple of 4, so 2, 6, 10, 18, 30 and 90.

how would you solve this question?
Q: Find the number of factors of 180 that can be expressed in the form of 3*even number?
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12 Dec 2017, 21:09
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Bunuel wrote:
SandhyAvinash wrote:
Find the number of factors of 180 that are in the form (4*k + 2), where k is a non-negative integer?

A)1
B)2
C)3
D)4
E)6

4k + 2 = 2(2k + 1) = 2*odd. So, we are looking for even factors which are not multiples of 4.

180 = 2^2*3^2*5. Consider the part without 2^2. Now, 3^2*5 has (2 + 1)(1 + 1) = 6 factors: 1, 3, 5, 9, 15, 45. Any of them paired with 2 will be even factor of 180 which is not a multiple of 4, so 2, 6, 10, 18, 30 and 90.

How did you got (2+1)(1+1) ?? Pls explain

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Bunuel wrote:
SandhyAvinash wrote:
Find the number of factors of 180 that are in the form (4*k + 2), where k is a non-negative integer?

A)1
B)2
C)3
D)4
E)6

4k + 2 = 2(2k + 1) = 2*odd. So, we are looking for even factors which are not multiples of 4.

180 = 2^2*3^2*5. Consider the part without 2^2. Now, 3^2*5 has (2 + 1)(1 + 1) = 6 factors: 1, 3, 5, 9, 15, 45. Any of them paired with 2 will be even factor of 180 which is not a multiple of 4, so 2, 6, 10, 18, 30 and 90.

How did you got (2+1)(1+1) ?? Pls explain

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Updated on: 04 Aug 2018, 12:05
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Here's what I did:

$$180 = (2^2)(3^2)(5)$$

$$4k + 2 = 2(2k + 1)$$ --> We have 2 * odd. How many ways can we make an odd number using the prime factors of 180?

possible powers of 3: {0,1,2} --> $$3^0, 3^1, 3^2$$
possible powers of 5: {0,1} --> $$5^0, 5^1$$

3 x 2 = 6

Originally posted by aserghe1 on 07 Mar 2018, 17:40.
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04 Aug 2018, 11:51
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Number of factors of 180 = 2^2*3^2*5 = (2+1)(2+1)(1+1) = 18

Can't we write this factors in terms of question (4*k + 2) as 18 = (4* 4 + 2) and arrives at option D ?

What am I missing here?

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04 Aug 2018, 21:59
There are 6 possibilities, where f(x)=4x+2 is a factor of 180.

f(0)=2
F(1)=6
f(2)=10
f(4)=18
f(7)=30
f(22)=80
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04 Aug 2018, 22:20
SandhyAvinash wrote:
Find the number of factors of 180 that are in the form (4*k + 2), where k is a non-negative integer?

A)1
B)2
C)3
D)4
E)6

I did this question with simple substitution like below -

we know K >=0 and is an integer.

therefore for
K = 0 ; (4*k + 2) = 2 - A factor of 180
K = 1 ; (4*k + 2) = 6 - A factor of 180
K = 2 ; (4*k + 2) = 10 - A factor of 180
K = 4 ; (4*k + 2) = 18 - A factor of 180

No we know answer can be D or E.

If I am able to find one more my answer will be E.

Hence I factorized 180 = 2x3x3x2x5

Next number after 18 I can form is 30 that will be a factor of 180 and I get that with k = 7.

Hence E.

FYI - I did this question under two minutes. So IMO not a lengthy method.
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06 Aug 2018, 07:51
Damn, time consuming one. Got the right answer but @ 03:50..... I lost 1 minute trying to figure out all the factors of 180, then its crucial to find a pattern quickly when you plug in numbers for 4*k+2.... Lesson learned
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14 Aug 2018, 01:20
i did this manually by listing all the factor pairs of 180, then choosing factors from the list which are 2 more than multiples of 4 but it took me 3:29 to solve
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aserghe1 wrote:
Here's what I did:

$$180 = (2^2)(3^2)(5)$$

$$4k + 2 = 2(2k + 1)$$ --> We have 2 * odd. How many ways can we make an odd number using the prime factors of 180?

possible powers of 3: {0,1,2} --> $$3^0, 3^1, 3^2$$
possible powers of 5: {0,1} --> $$5^0, 5^1$$

3 x 2 = 6

Hi aserghe1,

How did you know that you need to plug in the odd factors of 180 and not any odd numbers to get the number of factors of 180 fitting in 2(2k+1)?

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10 Oct 2018, 09:27
I can find the answer as 6.

But many people have provided solution as below:

4k + 2 = 2(2k + 1) = 2*odd. So, we are looking for even factors which are not multiples of 4.
180 = 2^2*3^2*5. Consider the part without 2^2. Now, 3^2*5 has (2 + 1)(1 + 1) = 6 factors

So, my question is why "not multiples of 4"??
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