course Mth 151
course Mth 151 WY{Հ}Vassignment #022
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13:19:34 `q001. There are nine questions in this assignment. A group is a set and an operation on that set which has the properties of closure, associativity, identity and inverse. The set {1, 2} on the operation @ of Assignment 21, defined by x @ y = remainder when the product x * y is divided by 3, does have the associative property. Is the set {1, 2} a group on @?
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RESPONSE --> yes the remainder would be 1 confidence assessment:
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13:20:14 The table for @ on {1, 2} is @ 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 The table shows us that all the possible results of x @ y on the set {1, 2} are in the set, so the operations is closed. We see that 2 when combined with anything does not change that number number, so 2 is the identity for this operation on this set. We see also that 1 @ 2 = 2 @ 1 = 1 so 1 and 2 are inverses. Therefore both of the elements in the set {1, 2} have inverses in the set. Since it has already been stated that the set has the associative property, we conclude that the set is a group.
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RESPONSE --> self critique assessment: 0
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13:23:26 `q002. Which of the properties closure, identity, commutativity, inverse, does the standard addition operation + have on the set {-1, 0, 1}?
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RESPONSE --> it doesn't have closure because -2 and 2 is used confidence assessment: 2
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13:23:50 The table for this operation would be + -1 0 2 -1 -2 -1 0 0 -1 0 1 1 0 1 2 .The table shows that the operation is not closed, since the necessary results 2 and -2 are not in the set {-1, 0, 1}. The number 0 is the identity, as we can see by looking at the row across from 0 and the column below 0. We see that -1 + 1 = 0 so that -1 and 1 are inverses, and that 0 + 0 = 0 so 0 is its own inverse. The operation therefore has the inverse property. The order of addition doesn't affect the result, which as we see makes the table symmetric about a diagonal line from upper left to lower right (copy the table, sketch the line and see how everything above and to the right of the line is 'reflected' in the corresponding below and to the left of the line. We therefore conclude that the operation is commutative. This operation has some important properties, but since it is not closed on this set it is not an interesting operation on this set.
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RESPONSE --> self critique assessment: 2
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13:27:52 `q003. Does the operation * of standard multiplication on the set {-1, 0, 1} have the properties of closure, identity and inverse?
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RESPONSE --> yes - closure yes - identity no - inverse confidence assessment: 2
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13:28:17 The table for this operation is * -1 0 1 -1 1 0 -1 0 0 0 0 1 -1 0 1 We see that every possible result of the operation is in the set {-1, 0, 1}, and the row across from 1 and the column beneath 1 show how us that 1 is the identity. -1 * -1 = 1 so -1 is its own inverse, and 1 * 1 = 1 so 1 is its own inverse. However, anything 0 is combine with gives us 0, so 0 cannot by combined with anything to get 1 and 0 therefore has no inverse.
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RESPONSE --> self critique assessment: 0
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13:29:23 `q004. Does the operation * of standard multiplication on the set {-1, 1} have the properties of closure, identity and inverse?
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RESPONSE --> yes, yes and yes confidence assessment:
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13:29:38 The table for this operation is easily written: * -1 1 -1 1 -1 1 -1 1 All the results come from the set {-1,1} so the operation is closed. The row across from and column beneath 1 show us that 1 is the identity. Since -1 * -1 = 1 and 1 * 1 = 1, both -1 and 1 are their own inverses. Thus both of the elements in the set {-1,1} have inverses and the operation has the inverse property.
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RESPONSE --> self critique assessment: 0
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13:30:30 `q005. Is the operation * of standard multiplication on the set {-1, 1} a group. Note that the operation does have the property of associativity.
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RESPONSE --> no because it cannot have a commutative property confidence assessment: 0
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13:31:06 Has seen in the preceding example the operation is closed and has the identity and inverse properties. Given that it is sensitive, it is therefore a group.
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RESPONSE --> Ok but what about the commutative property I thought it had to be yes to all to be a group? self critique assessment: 0
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13:32:24 `q006. We've referred to the property of associativity, but we haven't yet defined it. Associativity essentially means that when an operation (technically a binary operation, but don't worry about that a terminology at this point) is performed on three elements of a set, for example a + b + c, it doesn't matter whether we first perform a + b then add c, calculating (a + b) + c, or group the b and c so we calculate a + (b + c). If + means addition on real numbers, show that (3 + 4) + 5 = 3 + ( 4 + 5).
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RESPONSE --> 7 + 5 = 3 + 9 12 = 12 confidence assessment: 2
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13:32:32 (3 + 4) + 5 = 7 + 5 = 12. 3 + ( 4 + 5) = 3 + 9 = 12. Either way we do the calculation we get the same thing. This is a familiar property of addition, and everyone in this course has used it for years.
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RESPONSE --> self critique assessment: 0
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13:37:19 `q007. Verify that for the operation @ defined on {0, 1, 2} by x @ y = remainder when x * y is double then divided by 3, we have 2 @ (0 @ 1) = ( 2 @ 0 ) @ 1. Verify also that (2 @ 1) @ 1 = 2 @ ( 1 @ 1).
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RESPONSE --> the first would equal to 0 on each side 2*1 = 2*2 = 4/3 =1 is remainder 1@1 = 1*1 = 1*2 = 2/3 = 1 is remainder 1@1 is 1 and 2@1 is 1 yes these two are equal confidence assessment:
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13:37:25 0 @ 1 = 0, so 2 @ ( 0 @ 1) = 2 @ 0 = 0. 2 @ 0 = 0 so (2 @ 0 ) @ 1 = 0 @ 1 = 0. Thus 2 @ (0 @ 1) = ( 2 @ 0 ) @ 1. (2 @ 1) = 1 so (2 @ 1) @ 1 = 1 @ 1 = 1. 1 @ 1 = 2 so 2 @ (1 @ 1) = 2 @ 2 = 2. Thus (2 @ 1) @ 1 = 2 @ ( 1 @ 1).
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RESPONSE --> self critique assessment: 0
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13:37:44 `q008. Does the result of the preceding exercise prove that the @ operation is associative on the set {0, 1, 2}?
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RESPONSE --> yes it does confidence assessment: 0
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13:38:01 Not quite. In order to prove that the operation is associative on the set we would need to prove that ( a @ b) @ c = a @ ( b @ c ) for all possible combinations all of a, b, c. We verified the property for (a, b, c) = (2, 0, 1) and (2, 1, 1). We would also have to verify it for every possible combination of (a, b, c). That would take a lot of work, but it could be done. The possible combinations are (0,0,0), (0,0,1), (0,0,2), (0,1,0), (0,1,1), (0,1,2), (0,2,0), (0,2,1), (0,2,2), (1,0,0), etc., etc.. There are 27 possible combinations.
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RESPONSE --> Ok then self critique assessment: 2
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13:38:43 `q009. Earlier we verified the properties of closure, identity and inverse for the multiplication operation * on the set {-1, 1}. We asserted that this operation was associative, so that this set with this operation forms a group. It would still be too time-consuming to prove that * is associative on {-1, 1}, but list the possible combinations of a, b, c from the set and verify associativity for any three of them.
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RESPONSE --> confidence assessment: 0
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13:39:08 The possible combinations are (a, b, c) = (-1, -1, -1) or (-1, -1, 1) or (-1, 1, -1) or (-1, 1, 1) or (1, -1, -1) or (1, -1, 1) or (1, 1, -1) or (1, 1, 1). Verifying these combinations in order: (-1 * -1) * -1 = -1 * ( -1 * -1) because 1 * -1 = -1 * 1 and both sides give -1. (-1 * -1) * 1 = -1 * ( -1 * 1) because 1 * 1 = -1 * -1 and both sides give 1. (-1 * 1) * -1 = -1 * ( 1 * -1) because -1 * -1 = -1 * -1 and both sides give 1. (-1 * 1) * 1 = -1 * ( 1 * 1) because -1 * 1 = -1 * 1 and both sides give -1. (1 * -1) * -1 = 1 * ( -1 * -1) because -1 * -1 = 1 * 1 and both sides give 1. (1 * -1) * 1 = 1 * ( -1 * 1) because -1 * 1 = 1 * -1 and both sides give -1. (1 * 1) * -1 = 1 * ( 1 * -1) because 1 * -1 = 1 * -1 and both sides give -1. (1 * 1) * 1 = 1 * ( 1 * 1) because 1 * 1 = 1 * 1 and both sides give 1. You should have verified three of these in the manner shown.
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RESPONSE --> self critique assessment: 0
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옐`Dys assignment #023 023. Number theory Liberal Arts Mathematics I 11-10-2008
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13:50:11 `q001. There are twelve questions in this assignment. The number 12 is evenly divisible by 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, and 12. We say that 1, 2, 3, 4, 6 and 12 are the divisors of 12. Each of these divisors can be multiplied by another to get 12. e.g., 2 * 6 = 12, 1 * 12 = 12, 3 * 4 = 12. List the numbers from 2 to 20 and list all the divisors of each.
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RESPONSE --> 2 - 1,2 3 - 1,3 4 - 1,2,4 5 - 1,5 6 - 1,2,3,6 7 - 1,7 8 - 1,2,4,8 9 - 1,3,9 10 - 1,2,5,10 11 - 1,11 12 - 1,2,3,4,6,12 13 - 1,13 14 - 1,2,7,14 15 - 1,3,5,15 16 - 1,2,8,16 17 - 1,17 18 - 1,2,9,18 19 - 1,19 20 - 1,2,4,5,10,20 confidence assessment: 2
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13:50:21 The divisors of 2 are 1 and 2. The divisors of 3 are 1 and 3. The divisors of 4 are 1, 2 and 4. The divisors of 5 are 1 and 5. The divisors of 6 are 1, 2, 3 and 6. The divisors of 7 are 1 and 7. The divisors of 8 are 1, 2, 4, hence 8. The divisors of 9 are 1, 3 and 9. The divisors of 10 are 1, 2, 5 and 10. The divisors of 11 are 1 and 11. The divisors of 12 are 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 12. The divisors of 13 are 1 and 13. The divisors of 14 are 1, 2, 7 and 14. The divisors of 15 are 1, 3, 5 and 15. The divisors of 16 are 1, 2, 4, 8 and 16. The divisors of 17 are 1 and 17. The divisors of 18 are 1, 2, 3, 6, 9 and 18. The divisors of 19 are 1 and 19. The divisors of 20 are 1, 2, 4, 5, 10 and 20.
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RESPONSE --> self critique assessment: 0
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13:50:48 `q002. Some of the numbers you listed have exactly two divisors. Which are these?
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RESPONSE --> 2,3,5,7,11,13,17,19 confidence assessment: 2
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13:50:57 The numbers with exactly two divisors are 2, with divisors 1 and 2, 3, with divisors 1 and 3, 5, with divisors 1 and 5, 7, with divisors 1 and 7, 11, with divisors 1 and 11, 13, with divisors 1 and 13, 17, with divisors 1 and 17 and 19, with divisors 1 and 19.
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RESPONSE --> self critique assessment: 0
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13:53:16 `q003. These numbers with exactly two divisors are called prime numbers. List the prime numbers between 21 and 40.
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RESPONSE --> 23,26,29,31,34,37,39 confidence assessment: 2
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13:54:40 Every counting number except 1 has at least 2 divisors, since every counting number is divisible by itself and by 1. Therefore if a counting number is divisible by any number other than itself and 1 it has more than 2 divisors and is therefore prime. {}Since 21 is divisible by 3, it has more than 2 divisors and is not prime. Since 22 is divisible by 2, it has more than 2 divisors and is not prime. Since this will be the case for all even numbers, we will not consider any more even numbers as candidates for prime numbers. Since 23 is not divisible by any number except itself and 1, it has exactly 2 divisors and is not prime. Since 25 is divisible by 5, it has more than 2 divisors and is not prime. Since 27 is divisible by 3, it has more than 2 divisors and is not prime. Since 29 is not divisible by any number except itself and 1, it has exactly 2 divisors and is not prime. Since 31 is not divisible by any number except itself and 1, it has exactly 2 divisors and is not prime. Since 33 is divisible by 3, it has more than 2 divisors and is not prime. Since 35 is divisible by 5, it has more than 2 divisors and is not prime. Since 37 is not divisible by any number except itself and 1, it has exactly 2 divisors and is not prime. Since 39 is divisible by 3, it has more than 2 divisors and is not prime. The primes between 21 and 40 are therefore 23, 29, 31 and 37.
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RESPONSE --> self critique assessment: 0
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13:55:24 `q004. The primes through 40 are 2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 17, 19, 23, 29, 31 and 37. Twin primes are consecutive odd numbers which are both prime. Are there any twin primes in the set of primes through 40?
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RESPONSE --> yes confidence assessment: 0
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13:56:21 17 and 19 are consecutive odd numbers, and both are prime. The same is true of 5 and 7, and of 11 and 13.
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RESPONSE --> self critique assessment: 0
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13:57:54 `q006. We can prove that 89 is prime as follows: 89 is odd and is hence not divisible by 2. If we divide 89 by 3 we get a remainder of 2 so 89 is not divisible by 3. Since 89 is not divisible by 2 it cannot be divisible by 4 (if we could divide it evenly by 4 then, since 2 goes into 4 we could divide evenly by 2; but as we just saw we can't do that). Since 89 doesn't end in 0 or 5 it isn't divisible by 5. If we divide 89 by 7 we get a remainder of 5 so 89 is divisible by 7. Since 89 isn't divisible by 2 it isn't divisible by 8, and since it isn't this will by 3 it isn't divisible by 9. At this point it might seem like we have a long way to go--lots more numbers to before get to 89. However it's not as bad as it might seem. For example once we get past 44 we're more than halfway to 89 so the result of any division would be less than 2, so there's no way it could be a whole number. So nothing greater than 44 is a candidate. We can in fact to even better than that. If we went even as far as dividing by 10, the quotient must be less than 10: since 10 * 10 is greater than 89, it follows that 89 / 10 must be less than 10. So if 10 or, more to the point, anything greater than 10 was going to divide 89 evenly, in the result would be one of the numbers we have already unsuccessfully tried. It follows that after trying without success to divide 89 by all the numbers through 9, which we didn't really have to try anyway because 9 is divisible by 3 which we already checked, we are sure that 89 has to be prime. What is the largest number you would have to divide by to see whether 119 is prime?
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RESPONSE --> I don't know I just know it is prime confidence assessment: 0
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13:58:23 After we get to 7, we don't have to try 8, 9 or 10 because we've already checked numbers that divide those numbers. The next number we might actually consider trying is 11. However 11 * 11 is greater than 119, so any quotient we get from 11 on would be less than 11, and we would already have eliminated the possibility that any number less than 11 is a divisor. So 7 is the largest number we would have to try.
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RESPONSE --> OK 7 is the greatest self critique assessment: 0
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13:59:36 `q007. Precisely what numbers would we have to try in order to determine whether 119 is prime?
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RESPONSE --> 1,7,17.119 confidence assessment: 0
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13:59:59 We would have to check whether 119 was divisible by 2, by 3, by 5 and by 7. We wouldn't have to check 4 or 6 because both are divisible by 2, which we would have already checked.
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RESPONSE --> ok self critique assessment: 0
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14:01:32 `q008. Is 119 prime?
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RESPONSE --> No 119 is not prime it's divisers are 1,7,17,119 confidence assessment: 0
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14:01:48 119 isn't divisible by 2 because 119 is odd. 119 isn't divisible by 3 because 120 is. 119 isn't divisible by 5 because 119 doesn't end in 5. 119 is, however, divisible by 7, as you can easily verify.
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RESPONSE --> self critique assessment: 0
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14:15:31 `q009. We can 'break down' the number 54 into the product 2 * 27, which can further be broken down to give us 2 * 3 * 9, which can be broken down one more step to give us 2 * 3 * 3 * 3. We could have broken down 54 into different way as 6 * 9, which could have been broken down into 6 * 3 * 3, which can be broken down one more step to give us 2 * 3 * 3 * 3. No matter how we break 54 down into factors, the process ends with a single factor 2 and 3 repetitions of the factor 3. Break down each of the following in this manner, until it is not possible to break it down any further: 63, 36, and 58.
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RESPONSE --> 63 you get 3*3*7 = 21 7*3*3=21 36 you get 2*3*2*3 = 36 3*2*2*3 = 36 2*2*3*3 = 36 2*3*2*3 = 36 58 you get 2*29 = 58 confidence assessment: 2
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14:15:43 We see that 63 = 9 * 7 = 3 * 3 * 7, 36 = 9 * 4 = 3 * 3 * 4 = 3 * 3 * 2 * 2, which we rearrange in increasing order of factors as 2 * 2 * 3 * 3, and 58 = 2 * 29.
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RESPONSE --> self critique assessment: 0
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14:16:42 `q010. The results that we obtained in the preceding exercise are called the 'prime factorizations' of the given numbers. We have broken the numbers down until we are left with just prime numbers. Why is it that this process always ends with prime numbers?
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RESPONSE --> because we have taken it down to the lowest numbers and there are always only two numbers left which is a prime number confidence assessment: 2
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14:16:51 We break the numbers down until they can't be broken down any further. If any number in the product is not prime, then it has more than two factors, which means it has to be divisible by something other than itself or 1. In that case we would have to divide it by that number or some other. So the process cannot end until all the factors are prime.
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RESPONSE --> self critique assessment: 0
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14:23:04 `q011. Find the prime factorization of 819, then list all the factors of 819.
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RESPONSE --> we get factors of 3,7,13 confidence assessment: 0
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14:23:16 We start by dividing by 3. We get 819 = 3 * 273 = 3 * 3 * 91. Since 91 isn't divisible by 3, we need to 5 and 7, after which the next prime is 11 and which we will not need to try since 11 * 11 > 91. 91 isn't divisible by 5 since it doesn't end in 0 or 5, but it is divisible by 7 with quotient 13. So 91 = 7 * 13. Thus we have 819 = 3 * 3 * 91 = 3 * 3 * 7 * 13. In addition to 1 and 819, the factors of 819 will include 3, 7, 13, all of the prime factors, 3 * 3 = 9, 3 * 7 = 21, 3 * 13 = 39 and 7 * 13 = 91, all of the possible products of two of the prime factors; and 3 * 3 * 7 = 63, 3 * 3 * 13 = 117, and 3 * 7 * 13 = 273, all of the possible products of three of the prime factors.
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RESPONSE --> self critique assessment: 0
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14:26:35 `q012. List all the factors of 168.
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RESPONSE --> 2*84=168 3*56=168 4*42=168 6*28=168 7*24= 168 8*21=168 12*14=168 confidence assessment: 0
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14:27:38 First we find the prime factorization: 168 = 2 * 84 = 2 * 2 * 42 = 2 * 2 * 2 * 21 = 2 * 2 * 2 * 3 * 7. This number has several factors: We have the prime factors themselves: 2, 3, 7. We have the products of exactly 2 of the prime factors: 2 * 2 = 4, 2 * 3 = 6, 2 * 7 = 14, 3 * 7 = 21. We have products of exactly 3 of the prime factors: 2 * 2 * 2 = 8; 2 * 2 * 3 = 12; 2 * 2 * 7 = 28; 2 * 3 * 7 = 42. We have products of exactly 4 of the prime factors: 2 * 2 * 2 * 3 = 24; 2 * 2 * 2 * 7 = 56; and 2 * 2 * 3 * 7 = 84. And we finally have 168 itself (the product of all 5 prime factors) and 1. Note that using exponential notation we can write the prime factorizations of 168 as 2^3 * 3^1 * 7^1. We have 2 as a factor 3 times, and 3 and 7 each one time. If we add 1 to the power of each prime factor we get 3 + 1 = 4, 1 + 1 = 2 and 1 + 1 = 2. If we then multiply the resulting numbers together we get 4 * 2 * 2 = 16. Note that there are 16 factors of 168. This process always works: if we add 1 to the power of each prime factor then multiply the results we get the total number of factors of the original number.
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