For each positive integer \color{}{k} , let \color{}{S_k} denote the increasing arithmetic sequence of integers whose first term is \color{}{1} and whose common difference is \color{} {k} . For how many values of \color{} {k} does \color{}{S_k} contain the term \color{} {2005} .
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we need to find all the factors of 2005-1 ie 2004, which are- 1, 2004 2, 1002 3, 668 4, 501 6, 334 12, 167
So 12 values of k