# Math Help - Set of numbers

1. ## Set of numbers

It is known that the number $2^{13-1}$ is prime.

Is $n=2^{17-16}$

With all the natural numbers, the number of divisors of n is:

a) 6
b) 10
c) 5
d) 8

2. Originally Posted by Apprentice123
It is known that the number $2^{13-1}$ is prime.

Is $n=2^{17-16}$
?? $2^{17-16}= 2^1= 2$. Did you mean $2^{17-1}$?

With all the natural numbers, the number of divisors of n is:

a) 6
b) 10
c) 5
d) 8
??Is n still [tex]2^{17- 16}? And what does "with all the natural numbers" mean?

3. Is $2^{13-1}$ prime?

$2^{13-1}=2^{12}$ which is divisible by 2.

Do you mean $2^{13}-1$?

Do you also mean something like this:

$2^{17}-16=2^{17}-2^4=2^4(2^{13}-1)$

Hence it's divisible by 10 numbers: $2,2^2,2^3,2^4$, $2^{13}-1$ and $2^{13}-1$ multiplied by $2,2^2$ and $2^3$ AND itself and 1 (forgot those two first time round :s).

4. Originally Posted by Showcase_22
Is $2^{13-1}$ prime?

$2^{13-1}=2^{12}$ which is divisible by 2.

Do you mean $2^{13}-1$?

Do you also mean something like this:

$2^{17}-16=2^{17}-2^4=2^4(2^{13}-1)$

Hence it's divisible by 10 numbers: $2,2^2,2^3,2^4$, $2^{13}-1$ and $2^{13}-1$ multiplied by $2,2^2$ and $2^3$ AND itself and 1 (forgot those two first time round :s).

I was trying to figure out how $2^{12}$ could possibly be prime.
I had a nasty injection today and I thought maybe my mind was affected by it.
Whew