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  • Feb 2, 2010, 08:12 PM
    bluemoon690
    How many even positive integral factors does 84,000,000 have?
    I know it has 252 total positive factors, but how many are even?
  • Feb 2, 2010, 11:42 PM
    Clough
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  • Feb 3, 2010, 08:07 AM
    ebaines

    Here's a hint - it's easier to figure out how many of the factors are odd.
  • Feb 3, 2010, 11:37 AM
    galactus

    There's a trick to finding how many divisors a numbers has by looking at the exponents of its prime factorization.



    Now, add 1 to each exponent and multiply.

    I bet you get 252.

    This is the total number of divisors including 1 and the number itself. Not just the even ones.

    The divisors that are even have at least one 2.

    Can you get it now?

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