2008 AMC 12B Problem 23
Problem 23 of 25HarderAlgebraNumber Theory
The sum of the base- logarithms of the divisors of is What is
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Solution
The sum of the base- logs of the divisors is the log of their product. A number with divisors has divisor product
Here has divisors, so the product is and its log is
Thus giving
Thus, the correct answer is A.