CET Karnataka Engineering CET - Karnataka Engineering Solved Paper-2000

  • question_answer
    The sum of all positive divisors of 960 is:

    A)  3048                                     

    B)  3087

    C)  3047                                     

    D)  2180

    Correct Answer: A

    Solution :

    \[960={{2}^{6}}\times {{3}^{1}}\times {{5}^{1}}.\]Therefore, bases are \[{{P}_{1}}=2,{{P}_{2}}=3\]and \[{{P}_{3}}=5\]and powers are \[{{a}_{1}}=6,{{a}_{2}}=1,{{a}_{3}}=1.\]Thus sum of all the positive divisors of \[960=\left( \frac{{{P}_{1}}^{{{a}_{1}}+1}-1}{{{P}_{1}}-1} \right)\left( \frac{{{P}_{2}}^{{{a}_{2}}+1}-1}{{{P}_{2}}-1} \right)\]\[\left( \frac{{{P}_{3}}^{{{a}_{3}}+1}-1}{{{P}_{3}}-1} \right)\] \[=\left( \frac{{{2}^{6+1}}-1}{2-1} \right)\left( \frac{{{3}^{1+1}}-1}{3-1} \right)\left( \frac{{{5}^{1+1}}-1}{5-1} \right)\] \[=127\times 4\times 6\] \[=3048\]


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