no. of divisors of a number =n ..then find the no. of proper divisors of the number? in some places ,it is given n-1; (excluding n) in some other it is given n-2;(Excluding 1 and n). which one is correct??
Praveen Kumar Das , 5 Years ago
Grade 12th pass
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Aditya Gupta
Last Activity: 5 Years ago
the correct answer is n – 1, in which only n is excluded.
1 is ALWAYS a proper divisor of every positive integer n, except for n= 1 as in that case 1 and n are identical. so 1 has NO proper divisor.