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Question 817044: A marching band in one school has 40 members. They can march single file, in a row of 2, or any other arrangement in which all rows have the same number of people. How many marching arrangements are possible for the band?
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A marching band in one school has 40 members. They can march single file, in a row of 2, or any other arrangement in which all rows have the same number of people. How many marching arrangements are possible for the band?
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Factors of 40 are 1,2,4,5,8,10,20,40
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1:: one row of 40
2:: 2 rows of 20
4:: 4 rows of 10
etc..
Cheers,
Stan H.
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