SOLUTION: A positive integer n has exactly 4 positive divisors that are perfect fifth powers, exactly 6 positive divisors that are perfect cubes, and exactly 12 positive divisors that are pe

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Question 618067: A positive integer n has exactly 4 positive divisors that are perfect fifth powers, exactly 6 positive divisors that are perfect cubes, and exactly 12 positive divisors that are perfect squares. Find the least possible number of possible integers that are divisors of n.
Answer by Edwin McCravy(20054)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
If n is of the form p^r*q^s where p and q are primes, then all its divisors
will be of the form p^a*q^b where 0<=a<=r and 0<=b<=s

To get 4 perfect 5th power divisors, we choose a and b to be multiples of 5,
including 0.  Then the smallest possible 4 perfect 5th power divisors would be: 

p^0*q^0, p^0*q^5, p^5*q^0, and p^5*q^5

To get 6 perfect cube divisors, we choose a and b to be multiples of 3,
including 0.  Then the smallest possible 6 perfect cube divisors would be 

p^0*q^0, p^0*q^3, p^0*q^6, p^3*q^0, p^3*q^3, p^3*q^6

To get 12 perfect square divisors, we choose a and b to be multiples of 2,
including 0.  Then the smallest possible 12 perfect square divisors would be 

p^0*q^0, p^0*q^2, p^0*q^4, p^0*q^6, p^2*q^0, p^2*q^2, p^2*q^4, p^2*q^6,
p^4*q^0, p^4*q^2, p^4*q^4, p^4*q^6

The smallest way to get all those divisors is by chosing r=5 and s=6, i.e.,
n = p^5*q^6.

Since all divisors of p^5*q^6 are of the form p^a*q^b where 
0<=a<=5 and 0<=b<=6, there are 6 choices for a and 7 choices for b.
That makes 6*7 or 42 divisors of n

Edwin






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