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The number of ordered pairs of integers (a, b) such that a, b are divisors of 720 but ab is not is R, then which is/are CORRECT?

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a

Number of positive integral divisors of R is 48

b

Number of divisors of R which are perfect squares is 8

c

Number of divisors of R which are perfect cubes is 2

d

R is numerically equal to number of terms in the expansion of  (1+x)629

answer is A, C.

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Detailed Solution

First consider the case a, b >  0. We have  720=24.32.5 , so the number of divisors of 720 is 5*3*2 = 30.
We consider the number of ways to select an ordered pair (a, b)
such that a, b, ab all divide 720.
Using the balls and urns method on each of the prime factors,
we find the number of ways to distribute the
factors of 2 across a and b is  (26) , the factors of 3 is  (24), the factors of 5 is  (23) .
So the total number of ways to select (a, b) with a, b, ab
all dividing 720 is 15 * 6 * 3 = 270. The number of ways to select any
(a, b) with a and b dividing 720 is 30 * 30 = 900, so there are
900 – 270 = 630 ways to select a and b such that a,b divide 720 but ab doesn’t.
Now, each a, b >  0 corresponds to four solutions (±a,±b) 
giving the final answer of 2520. (Note that  ab0 .)
2520 = 4 * 630 = 23325171  

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