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nycgirl212 wrote:

A positive integer n is a perfect number provided that the sum of all the positive factors of n, including 1 and n, is equal to 2n. What is the sum of the reciprocals of all the positive factors of the perfect number 28?

A) 1/4
B) 56/27
C) 2
D) 3
E) 4


We are given that 28 is a perfect number. The reason it is a perfect number is because its factors are 1, 2, 4, 7, 14, and 28, which add up to 56, which is twice 28. Now we need to find the sum of the reciprocals of these factors; that is, we need
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