Question
State the following statement is true and false. Justify your answer.
496 $\notin$ {y | the sum of all the positive factors of y is 2y}.

Answer

Given that: 496 $\notin$ {y | the sum of all the positive factors of y is 2y}.
$\therefore$ The positive factors of 496 are 1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 31, 62, 124, 248 and 496
$\therefore$ The sum of all the positive factor of 496 = 1 + 2 + 4 + 8 + 16 + 31 + 62 + 124 + 248 + 496 = 992 = 2 × 496
So 496 is an element of the given set.
Hence, the given statement is 'False'.

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