KVPY Sample Paper KVPY Stream-SX Model Paper-30

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    Let \[{{d}_{1}}\text{, }{{d}_{2}}\,,.............\text{ }{{d}_{k}}\] be all the divisors of a positive Integer n including 1 and n. Suppose\[{{d}_{1}}+{{d}_{2}}+...+{{d}_{k}}=72\]. Then the value of \[\frac{1}{{{d}_{1}}}+\frac{1}{{{d}_{2}}}+......+\frac{1}{{{d}_{k}}}\] is

    A) \[\frac{{{k}^{2}}}{72}\]

    B) \[\frac{72}{k}\]

    C) \[\frac{72}{n}\]

    D) none of these

    Correct Answer: C

    Solution :

    \[\frac{1}{{{d}_{1}}}+\frac{1}{{{d}_{2}}}+\frac{1}{{{d}_{3}}}+.....+\frac{1}{{{d}_{k}}}=\frac{1}{n}\left[ \frac{n}{{{d}_{1}}}+\frac{n}{{{d}_{2}}}+\frac{n}{{{d}_{3}}}+.......+\frac{n}{{{d}_{5}}} \right]\]
    Now \[\frac{n}{{{d}_{1}}},\frac{n}{{{d}_{2}}},.....\]will also be divisor of the number, i.e.,
    \[\frac{n}{{{d}_{j}}}={{d}_{i}}\]for the same j and i. \[\Rightarrow \]       \[\frac{1}{{{d}_{1}}}+\frac{1}{{{d}_{2}}}+......\frac{1}{{{d}_{k}}}=\frac{1}{n}[{{d}_{1}}+{{d}_{2}}+....]=\frac{72}{n}\]


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