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How many factors does the number A have?

1) A is divisible by 43
2) A lies between 50 and 150, inclusive.
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How many factors does the number A have? 1) A is divisible by 43 Updated on: 11 May 2018, 22:00
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1) A can be 43 having 2 factors
or 86 having four factors
And many more possibilities
So insufficient

II) A can be prime number like 97 having 2 factors
Or 100 having 9 factors
So insufficient

Combining both
A can be 86,129
So in each case no of factors is 4

43*2= 4 factors
43*3=4 factors

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How many factors does the number A have? 1) A is divisible by 43 11 May 2018, 21:25
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1) A can be 43 having 2 factors
or 86 having four factors
And many more possibilities
So insufficient

II) A can be prime number like 97 having 2 factors
Or 100 having 9 factors
So insufficient

Combining both
A can be 43,86,129
So different number of factors in each case
So insufficient

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Hello

But after combining, we cannot take the value of '43' since we are given that A lies between 50 and 150 inclusive. So we can only take 86 and 129 I think
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How many factors does the number A have? 1) A is divisible by 43 11 May 2018, 21:28
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1) A can be 43 having 2 factors
or 86 having four factors
And many more possibilities
So insufficient

II) A can be prime number like 97 having 2 factors
Or 100 having 9 factors
So insufficient

Combining both
A can be 43,86,129
So different number of factors in each case
So insufficient

Answer-E

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Hello

But after combining, we cannot take the value of '43' since we are given that A lies between 50 and 150 inclusive. So we can only take 86 and 129 I think
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Yeah by mistake 43 is written..I have edited the same.. thank you

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How many factors does the number A have?

1) A is divisible by 43
2) A lies between 50 and 150, inclusive.
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Ans is C.

A. Not sufficient as the number could be 43 itself or a multiple of 43, in which case, the number of factors will vary.

B. Not sufficient as B can be any number between 50 and 150 and as such, will have varying number of factors

Both. Sufficient.

As the number is divisible by 43 and lies between 50 and 150, only 86 and 129 meet the requirement. Each of these numbers has 4 factors - 86 - 43 * 2 ( 4 factors)
129 - 43 * 3 ( 4 factors )

Thus, it is sufficient to say that A, meeting the given conditions, has 4 factors.

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How many factors does the number A have? 1) A is divisible by 43 28 Aug 2018, 08:14
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Can someone explain why it is not E?

The question asks for how many factors does the NUMBER A have?
How can C be the answer when it includes two different numbers? - I thought the phrasing was there to trap you into choosing C rather than E.

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How many factors does the number A have?

1) A is divisible by 43
2) A lies between 50 and 150, inclusive.


Ans is C.

A. Not sufficient as the number could be 43 itself or a multiple of 43, in which case, the number of factors will vary.

B. Not sufficient as B can be any number between 50 and 150 and as such, will have varying number of factors

Both. Sufficient.

As the number is divisible by 43 and lies between 50 and 150, only 86 and 129 meet the requirement. Each of these numbers has 4 factors - 86 - 43 * 2 ( 4 factors)
129 - 43 * 3 ( 4 factors )

Thus, it is sufficient to say that A, meeting the given conditions, has 4 factors.

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Can someone explain why it is not E?

The question asks for how many factors does the NUMBER A have?
How can C be the answer when it includes two different numbers? - I thought the phrasing was there to trap you into choosing C rather than E.

Help needed - thanks



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How many factors does the number A have?

1) A is divisible by 43
2) A lies between 50 and 150, inclusive.


Ans is C.

A. Not sufficient as the number could be 43 itself or a multiple of 43, in which case, the number of factors will vary.

B. Not sufficient as B can be any number between 50 and 150 and as such, will have varying number of factors

Both. Sufficient.

As the number is divisible by 43 and lies between 50 and 150, only 86 and 129 meet the requirement. Each of these numbers has 4 factors - 86 - 43 * 2 ( 4 factors)
129 - 43 * 3 ( 4 factors )

Thus, it is sufficient to say that A, meeting the given conditions, has 4 factors.

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Answer is not E because we are sure that with given restriction, a number can assume only 2 values. Both of these values have 4 factors only.

I think you have a misconception that two different integers can't have same number of factors
Eg: 2 and 3
Factors of 2- 1,2
Factors of 3- 1,3

Both of them have 2 factors

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