How many three digit numbers have a digit product of 96?
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We are interested in finding x , y , z ∈ N such that x y z = 9 6 . Knowing that 9 6 = 2 5 3 1 , we have 6 positive integer divisor pairs:
( 1 , 9 6 ) ; ( 2 , 4 8 ) ; ( 3 , 3 2 ) ; ( 4 , 2 4 ) ; ( 6 , 1 6 ) ; ( 8 , 1 2 )
We determine that 1 2 = 2 ⋅ 6 = 3 ⋅ 4 , which gives the triplet sets ( 2 , 6 , 8 ) and ( 3 , 4 , 8 ) (each of which produces 6 unique three-digit numbers). Also, we determine that 1 6 = 2 ⋅ 8 = 4 ⋅ 4 for the triplet sets ( 6 , 2 , 8 ) and 6 , 4 , 4 ) (the former being a duplicate). Next, we have 2 4 = 3 ⋅ 8 = 4 ⋅ 6 , or the triplets ( 4 , 3 , 8 ) ; ( 4 , 4 , 6 ) (both are duplicates). There's also 3 2 = 4 ⋅ 8 which gives ( 3 , 4 , 8 ) (another duplicate). Finally, there's 4 8 = 6 ⋅ 8 which yields ( 2 , 6 , 8 ) (yet another duplicate).
Altogether, we have the critical triplets:
( 2 , 6 , 8 ) ⇒ 2 6 8 , 2 8 6 , 6 2 8 , 6 8 2 , 8 2 6 , 8 6 2 ( 6 total);
( 3 , 4 , 8 ) ⇒ 3 4 8 , 3 8 4 , 4 3 8 , 4 8 3 , 8 3 4 , 8 4 3 ( 6 total);
( 4 , 4 , 6 ) ⇒ 4 4 6 , 4 6 4 , 6 4 4 ( 3 total)
or 1 5 such numbers.