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Squares of prime numbers have the sum of factors equal to 57: We need square less than 57.

Also, when we square the prime number we will get three factors: 1, the prime number itself, and it's square.

The only prime number that satisfies this will be 7.

\(7^2\) = 49 [1, 7, 49 are factors]: Sum = 1 + 7 + 49 = 57.

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How many numbers, which are squares of prime numbers have sum of factors equal to 57?

(A) One

The larger a prime p is, the larger the sum of p^2's factors will be. There could thus only be at most one square of a prime whose factors sum to a specific value (like 57). So without doing any work, the answer must be zero or one, and since zero isn't an answer choice, it must be one.
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