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Zero has how many positive divisors? [#permalink] New post   23 Apr 2016, 07:00
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Zero has how many positive divisors?
[A] 1
[B] 2
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[D] none
[E] Infinite
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Re: Zero has how many positive divisors? [#permalink] New post   23 Apr 2016, 07:02
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stonecold wrote:
Zero has how many positive divisors?
[A] 1
[B] 2
[C] 3
[D] none
[E] Infinite



Zero has infinite positive divisors but "Infinite" is beyond context of GMAT so such a confusing question can't be part of GMAT.
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Re: Zero has how many positive divisors? [#permalink] New post   23 Apr 2016, 07:06
GMATinsight wrote:
stonecold wrote:
Zero has how many positive divisors?
[A] 1
[B] 2
[C] 3
[D] none
[E] Infinite



Zero has infinite positive divisors but "Infinite" is beyond context of GMAT so such a confusing question can't be part of GMAT.


This question is just for understanding.

P.S=> Infinite is not beyond the part of GMAT. There are some exceptions.
More then the GMAT i think it will be a very important part of the MBA study(specially if one opts for statistics and data analysis)

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Re: Zero has how many positive divisors? [#permalink] New post   23 Apr 2016, 07:21
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stonecold wrote:
Zero has how many positive divisors?
[A] 1
[B] 2
[C] 3
[D] none
[E] Infinite



Zero has infinite positive divisors but "Infinite" is beyond context of GMAT so such a confusing question can't be part of GMAT.


This question is just for understanding.

P.S=> Infinite is not beyond the part of GMAT. There are some exceptions.
More then the GMAT i think it will be a very important part of the MBA study(specially if one opts for statistics and data analysis)

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"Infinite" in context of GMAT Studies will be better called "NOT DEFINED" however since you mentioned about the exceptions, so I would love to know the exception ever referred by GMAT OFFICIAL SOURCE. Request you to kindly share the exception :)
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Re: Zero has how many positive divisors? [#permalink] New post   23 Apr 2016, 07:34
Thank you for the response=>GMATinsight
Please feel free to search the forum on infinite termed questions. you will find 100's of questions..
But since you asked => '...' represents infinity ; undefined represents Infinity too;
Try this out
if-the-infinite-sum-1-2-1-1-2-2-1-2-3-1-2-4-1-what-is-174967.html

Again ; i agree its a bit odd question but its sole purpose to test the knowledge => If you can shoot a birds eye => Man you can shoot a plane too :)


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Re: Zero has how many positive divisors? [#permalink] New post   24 Apr 2016, 09:58
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Thank you for the response=>GMATinsight
Please feel free to search the forum on infinite termed questions. you will find 100's of questions..
But since you asked => '...' represents infinity ; undefined represents Infinity too;
Try this out
if-the-infinite-sum-1-2-1-1-2-2-1-2-3-1-2-4-1-what-is-174967.html

Again ; i agree its a bit odd question but its sole purpose to test the knowledge => If you can shoot a birds eye => Man you can shoot a plane too :)


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stonecold , GMATinsight , infinite number of solutions/infinity/not defined have not been in GMAT's scope.

stonecold , the question link that you posted above is for a veritas prep question and not an official question. GMATinsight wanted you to quote a question testing the knowledge of infinite solutions etc from official source and not any source. Asking a question for your understanding is fine but using that to justify out of scope usage of concepts is not going to help readers of this forum. If I follow your logic, then logs as well are in the scope of statistics but is not tested in GMAT (so is trigonometry).

I would request all to stick to what is usually asked in GMAT.

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Re: Zero has how many positive divisors? [#permalink] New post   24 Apr 2016, 10:01
Engr2012 wrote:
stonecold wrote:
Thank you for the response=>GMATinsight
Please feel free to search the forum on infinite termed questions. you will find 100's of questions..
But since you asked => '...' represents infinity ; undefined represents Infinity too;
Try this out
if-the-infinite-sum-1-2-1-1-2-2-1-2-3-1-2-4-1-what-is-174967.html

Again ; i agree its a bit odd question but its sole purpose to test the knowledge => If you can shoot a birds eye => Man you can shoot a plane too :)


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stonecold , GMATinsight , infinite number of solutions/infinity/not defined have not been in GMAT's scope.

stonecold , the question link that you posted above is for a veritas prep question and not an official question. GMATinsight wanted you to quote a question testing the knowledge of infinite solutions etc from official source and not any source. Asking a question for your understanding is fine but using that to justify out of scope usage of concepts is not going to help readers of this forum. If I follow your logic, then logs as well are in the scope of statistics but is not tested in GMAT (so is trigonometry).

I would request all to stick to what is usually asked in GMAT.

Thanks.



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