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How many different positive integers are factors of 225 ?

(A) 4
(B) 6
(C) 7
(D) 9
(E) 11

To determine the number of positive integer factors of 225, we first factor 225 as:

225 = 15^2 = 5^2 x 3^2,

We see that the exponent of 5 is 2, and the exponent of 3 is 2. We add 1 to each of these exponents and then calculate the product. Thus, there are (2 + 1)(2 + 1) = 3 x 3 = 9 positive integer factors of 225.

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Why we add 1 to both exponents
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Hello ScottTargetTestPrep
Why we add 1 to both exponents

This video explains why: https://www.gmatprepnow.com/module/gmat ... /video/828

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How many different positive integers are factors of 225 ?

(A) 4
(B) 6
(C) 7
(D) 9
(E) 11
\(225 = 3^2*5^2\)

So, No of factors will be \((2 + 1)(2 + 1) = 3*3 => 9\), Answer must be (D)
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Hello ScottTargetTestPrep
Why we add 1 to both exponents

A factor of 5^2 * 3^2 must be of the form 5^n * 3^m where n and m are either 0, 1, or 2. Since we have three choices for n and three choices for m, the number of factors of 5^2 * 3^2 is 3 * 3 = 9. The reason we add one to the exponents when we are calculating the number of factors is because if the exponent is k, then there are k + 1 possibilities for the exponent of that prime factor (0, 1, 2, ... , k, for a total of k + 1 possibilities).
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