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#1 2009-11-09 15:00:08
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sum of factors of 3600
what is the method to find the sum of factors of 3600?
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#2 2009-11-09 17:55:14
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Re: sum of factors of 3600
You could first find the factors: All Factors of a Number
Including the negative factors the sum is 0 
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#3 2009-11-09 18:06:49
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Re: sum of factors of 3600
You can use the formula
Where
are the prime divisors of your number, and is their power.e.g.
The sum of the divisors is
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