HMMT 二月 2007 · 冲刺赛 · 第 13 题
HMMT February 2007 — Guts Round — Problem 13
题目详情
英文原题
- [ 9 ] Determine the largest integer n such that 7 − 1 is divisible by 2 .
2 2 2 2
解析
英文解析
- [ 9 ] Determine the largest integer n such that 7 − 1 is divisible by 2 .
Answer: 14 . We have
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2048 2 4 1024
7 − 1 = (7 − 1)(7 + 1) 7 + 1 7 + 1 · · · 7 + 1 .
In the expansion, the eleven terms other than 7 + 1 are divisible by 2 exactly once, as can be checkedeasily with modulo 4.
2 2 2 2