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Mary chose an even 4-digit number n. She wrote down all the divisors 12 May 2022, 01:30
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Mary chose an even 4-digit number n. She wrote down all the divisors of n in increasing order from left to right: 1, 2, ..., n/2, n. At some moment Mary wrote 323 as a divisor of n. What is the smallest possible value of the next divisor of n written to the right of 323?

(A) 324
(B) 330
(C) 340
(D) 361
(E) 646


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n = 4 digit even number
n = \(2^{a}\) * b ; where a & b are integers; Also, a>0

Now,
323 = 17 * 19

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17*19 is part of "b" in the representation of "n" above.
323 does not have a factor of "2" but n surely does.

Smallest possible value of next divisor = 323 * 2 = 646

Hence, E
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Mary chose an even 4-digit number n. She wrote down all the divisors of n in increasing order from left to right: 1, 2, ..., n/2, n. At some moment Mary wrote 323 as a divisor of n. What is the smallest possible value of the next divisor of n written to the right of 323?

(A) 324
(B) 330
(C) 340
(D) 361
(E) 646


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343= 17*19

So next will be either any multiple of 17 or 19 but greater than 343

19*18 =340
or consider 17*20= 340

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Mary chose an even 4-digit number n. She wrote down all the divisors of n in increasing order from left to right: 1, 2, ..., n/2, n. At some moment Mary wrote 323 as a divisor of n. What is the smallest possible value of the next divisor of n written to the right of 323?

(A) 324
(B) 330
(C) 340
(D) 361
(E) 646

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If we look at the answer choices, we can see that multiplying any of them by 323 will result in a product that is larger than four digits. That means our answer must share a factor with 323. 323 factorizes into 17 and 19. 323+17=340 would be the smallest option.

Answer choice C.
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Mary chose an even 4-digit number n. She wrote down all the divisors of n in increasing order from left to right: 1, 2, ..., n/2, n. At some moment Mary wrote 323 as a divisor of n. What is the smallest possible value of the next divisor of n written to the right of 323?

(A) 324
(B) 330
(C) 340
(D) 361
(E) 646



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Call the 4 digit number, N.

We know 323*some factor K1 = N

We want the minimum number X above 323 that multiplied by its factor K2 also equals N.

So N=323K1 = X*K2

We want to minimize X and maximize K2.

Let K2 then equal K1 minus an increment L. We want to minimize L.

So 323K1 = X(K1-L), so

X= 323K1/(K1-L). 323 = 17*19 so

17*19K1/(K1-L) = X

If we want to assume L=1 for the sake of minimization, K1 can't be divisible by (K1-1) unless K1=2, which it can't be because K1 has to be at least 4 in order to create a 4 digit number.

So that leaves 17 or 19 to be divisible by K1-1. So

K1= 18 or 20. Trying both

19*17*18/17 = 19*18 = 342

19*17*20/19 = 17*20 = 340

So the minimum X, the next factor higher than 323 is 340

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Given: Mary chose an even 4-digit number n. She wrote down all the divisors of n in increasing order from left to right: 1, 2, ..., n/2, n. At some moment Mary wrote 323 as a divisor of n.
Asked: What is the smallest possible value of the next divisor of n written to the right of 323?

323 = 17*19
(A) 324; 324 = 2^2*3^4; ­Since there is no common factor between 323 & 324, n must be at least 323*324 = 104652; Since n is a 4-digit number not feasible
(B) 330; 330 = 2*3*5*11; Since there is no common factor between 323 & 330, n must be at least 323*330 = 106590; Since n is a 4-digit number not feasible
(C) 340; 340 = 2^2*5*17; n must be a multiple of 2^2*5*17*19 = 6460; If n = 6460; Feasible
(D) 361
(E) 646

No need to check futher since the smallest possible value of the next divisor of n written to the right of 323 is found.

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Mary chose an even 4-digit number n. She wrote down all the divisors of n in increasing order from left to right: 1, 2, ..., n/2, n. At some moment Mary wrote 323 as a divisor of n. What is the smallest possible value of the next divisor of n written to the right of 323?

(A) 324
(B) 330
(C) 340
(D) 361
(E) 646


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­Factors of 343 are 1,17,19,343.
If one divisor is 17*19 then the next can be 17*20 i.e. 340. Option (C) is correct.
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