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number theory intermediate

Problem

If the positive integer has positive integer divisors and with , then and are said to be divisors of . Suppose that is a positive integer that has one complementary pair of divisors that differ by and another pair of complementary divisors that differ by . What is the sum of the digits of ?
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
Solution
Consider positive integers with a difference of . Suppose . Then, we have . If there is another pair of two integers that multiply to but have a difference of 23, one integer must be greater than , and the other must be smaller than . We can create two cases and set both equal. We have , and (under the requirement that one of the variables in the second case must be smaller than ). Starting with the first case, we have ,or , which gives , which is not possible. The other case is , so . Thus, our product is , so . Adding the digits, we have .
Final answer
C