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If N = 2^2∗3^3∗5^5,how many factors of N are divisible by 5 but not di

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If $$N = 2^{2}∗3^{3}∗5^{5}$$ , how many factors of N are divisible by 5 but not divisible by 3?

A) 10
B) 15
C) 18
D) 24
E) 72

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29 Jan 2017, 06:25
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If $$N = 2^{2}∗3^{3}∗5^{5}$$ , how many factors of N are divisible by 5 but not divisible by 3?

A) 10
B) 15
C) 18
D) 24
E) 72

The highest factor might be 2^2*5^5, which has (2+1)*(5+1) = 18 factors
According to the question the factors must have at least one 5
So highest factor without 5 and 3 will 2^2, which has (2+1)= 3 factors.
So, the answer is 18-3= 15
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29 Jan 2017, 06:25
ziyuenlau wrote:
If $$N = 2^{2}∗3^{3}∗5^{5}$$ , how many factors of N are divisible by 5 but not divisible by 3?

A) 10
B) 15
C) 18
D) 24
E) 72

The highest factor might be 2^2*5^5, which has (2+1)*(5+1) = 18 factors
According to the question the factors must have at least one 5
So highest factor without 5 and 3 will 2^2, which has (2+1)= 3 factors.
So, the answer is 18-3= 15
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29 Jan 2017, 06:31
nahid78 wrote:
ziyuenlau wrote:
If $$N = 2^{2}∗3^{3}∗5^{5}$$ , how many factors of N are divisible by 5 but not divisible by 3?

A) 10
B) 15
C) 18
D) 24
E) 72

The highest factor might be $$2^2*5^5$$, which has (2+1)*(5+1) = 18 factors
According to the question the factors must have at least one 5
So highest factor without 5 and 3 will 2^2, which has (2+1)= 3 factors.
So, the answer is 18-3= 15

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29 Jan 2017, 06:50
I would like to, but my english isn't good enough to explain such terms. (my bad)
but i can recommend that you download the free math book from gmat club. I hope you'll understand it easily.
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29 Jan 2017, 06:53
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ziyuenlau wrote:
If $$N = 2^{2}∗3^{3}∗5^{5}$$ , how many factors of N are divisible by 5 but not divisible by 3?

A) 10
B) 15
C) 18
D) 24
E) 72

The highest factor might be 2^2*5^5, which has (2+1)*(5+1) = 18 factors
According to the question the factors must have at least one 5
So highest factor without 5 and 3 will 2^2, which has (2+1)= 3 factors.
So, the answer is 18-3= 15

Dear nahid78, Could you delete this post as it is duplicated. Thank you.
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29 Jan 2017, 10:13
ziyuenlau wrote:
If $$N = 2^{2}∗3^{3}∗5^{5}$$ , how many factors of N are divisible by 5 but not divisible by 3?

A) 10
B) 15
C) 18
D) 24
E) 72

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If $$N = 2^{2}∗3^{3}∗5^{5}$$ , how many factors of N are divisible by 5 but not divisible by 3?

A) 10
B) 15
C) 18
D) 24
E) 72

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factors of N are divisible by 5 but not divisible by 3

Here, we need at least one factor of 5 and no factors of 3..factors of 2 is not important.

So possible values for powers of 5= 1,2,3,4, and 5 (5 choices) = $$5^1,...,5^5$$
possible values for powers of 3 = 0 (1 choice) =$$3^0$$
possible values for powers of 2 = 0, 1, and 2 (3 choices) = $$2^0,2^1,2^2$$

Total choices = 1 * 5 * 3 = 15

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If $$N = 2^{2}∗3^{3}∗5^{5}$$ , how many factors of N are divisible by 5 but not divisible by 3?

A) 10
B) 15
C) 18
D) 24
E) 72

If a factor of N is of the form 2^k x 5^j where k is 0, 1 or 2 and j is 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5, then the factor is divisible by 5 but not by 3.

We see that there are 3 options for k and 5 options for j, therefore, there are a total of 3 x 5 = 15 factors of N that are divisible by 5 but not by 3.

Alternate Solution:

We can first eliminate 3^3 from the discussion, since any positive power of 3 will make N divisible by 3. This leaves us with 2^2 * 5^5. We know that these yield (2 + 1) * (5 + 1) = 18 total factors of N that are not divisible by 3.

We must further limit our answer to ensure that the factors of N that we are identifying must also be divisible by 5. We see that any factors involving only powers of 2 will be factors that are not divisible by 5. Therefore, we must eliminate the (2 + 1) = 3 factors that involve only powers of 2 so we must subtract them from the 18 that we previously found. Therefore, the total number of factors of N that are divisible by 5 but not by 3 will be 18 - 3 = 15.

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