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Every factor of <math>10^n</math> will be of the form <math>2^a \times 5^b , a\leq n , b\leq n</math>. Not all of these base ten logarithms will be rational, but we can add them together in a certain way to make it rational. Recall the logarithmic property <math>\log(a \times b) = \log(a)+\log(b)</math>. For any factor <math>2^a \times 5^b</math>, there will be another factor <math>2^{n-a} \times 5^{n-b}</math>. Note this is not true if <math>10^n</math> is a perfect square. When these are added, they equal <math>2^{a+n-a} \times 5^{b+n-b}</math> = <math>10^n. </math>\log 10^n=n<math> so the number of factors divided by 2 times n equals the sum of all the factors, 792.  
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Every factor of <math>10^n</math> will be of the form <math>2^a \times 5^b , a\leq n , b\leq n</math>. Not all of these base ten logarithms will be rational, but we can add them together in a certain way to make it rational. Recall the logarithmic property <math>\log(a \times b) = \log(a)+\log(b)</math>. For any factor <math>2^a \times 5^b</math>, there will be another factor <math>2^{n-a} \times 5^{n-b}</math>. Note this is not true if <math>10^n</math> is a perfect square. When these are added, they equal <math>2^{a+n-a} \times 5^{b+n-b} = 10^n</math>. <math>\log 10^n=n</math> so the number of factors divided by 2 times n equals the sum of all the factors, 792.  
 
   
 
   
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There are </math>n+1<math> choices for the exponent of 5 in each factor, and for each of those choices, there are </math>n+1$ factors (each corresponding to a different exponent of 2), yielding (n+1)^2 total factors. (n+1)^2 divided by 2 times n = 792
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There are <math>n+1</math> choices for the exponent of 5 in each factor, and for each of those choices, there are <math>n+1</math> factors (each corresponding to a different exponent of 2), yielding <math>(n+1)^2</math> total factors. <math>\frac{(n+1)^2}{2n} = 792</math>. We then plug in answer choices and arrive at the answer <math>\boxed {11}</math>
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Revision as of 21:55, 18 January 2021

Problem 23

The sum of the base-$10$ logarithms of the divisors of $10^n$ is $792$. What is $n$?

$\text{(A)}\ 11\qquad \text{(B)}\ 12\qquad \text{(C)}\ 13\qquad \text{(D)}\ 14\qquad \text{(E)}\ 15$

Solutions

Solution 1

Every factor of $10^n$ will be of the form $2^a \times 5^b , a\leq n , b\leq n$. Not all of these base ten logarithms will be rational, but we can add them together in a certain way to make it rational. Recall the logarithmic property $\log(a \times b) = \log(a)+\log(b)$. For any factor $2^a \times 5^b$, there will be another factor $2^{n-a} \times 5^{n-b}$. Note this is not true if $10^n$ is a perfect square. When these are added, they equal $2^{a+n-a} \times 5^{b+n-b} = 10^n$. $\log 10^n=n$ so the number of factors divided by 2 times n equals the sum of all the factors, 792.

There are $n+1$ choices for the exponent of 5 in each factor, and for each of those choices, there are $n+1$ factors (each corresponding to a different exponent of 2), yielding $(n+1)^2$ total factors. $\frac{(n+1)^2}{2n} = 792$. We then plug in answer choices and arrive at the answer $\boxed {11}$

Solution 2

We are given \[\log_{10}d_1 + \log_{10}d_2 + \ldots + \log_{10}d_k = 792\] The property $\log(ab) = \log(a)+\log(b)$ now gives \[\log_{10}(d_1 d_2\cdot\ldots d_k) = 792\] The product of the divisors is (from elementary number theory) $a^{d(n)/2}$ where $d(n)$ is the number of divisors. Note that $10^n = 2^n\cdot 5^n$, so $d(n) = (n + 1)^2$. Substituting these values with $a = 10^n$ in our equation above, we get $n(n + 1)^2 = 1584$, from whence we immediately obtain $\framebox[1.2\width]{(A)}$ as the correct answer.

Solution 3

For every divisor $d$ of $10^n$, $d \le \sqrt{10^n}$, we have $\log d + \log \frac{10^n}{d} = \log 10^n = n$. There are $\left \lfloor \frac{(n+1)^2}{2} \right \rfloor$ divisors of $10^n = 2^n \times 5^n$ that are $\le \sqrt{10^n}$. After casework on the parity of $n$, we find that the answer is given by $n \times \frac{(n+1)^2}{2} = 792 \Longrightarrow n = 11\ \mathrm{(A)}$.

Solution 4

The sum is \[\sum_{p=0}^{n}\sum_{q=0}^{n} \log(2^p5^q) = \sum_{p=0}^{n}\sum_{q=0}^{n}(p\log(2)+q\log(5))\] \[= \sum_{p=0}^{n} ((n+1)p\log(2) + \frac{n(n+1)}{2}\log(5))\] \[= \frac{n(n+1)^2}{2} \log(2) + \frac{n(n+1)^2}{2} \log(5)\] \[= \frac{n(n+1)^2}{2}\] Trying for answer choices we get $n=11$

Alternative thinking

After arriving at the equation $n(n+1)^2 = 1584$, notice that all of the answer choices are in the form $10+k$, where $k$ is $1-5$. We notice that the ones digit of $n(n+1)^2$ is $4$, and it is dependent on the ones digit of the answer choices. Trying $1-5$ for $n$, we see that only $1$ yields a ones digit of $4$, so our answer is $11$.

See Also

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