Answer
50 is not a perfect number.
Work Step by Step
The factors of 50 are: $1, 2, 5, 10,\text{ and } 25$
The sum of the factors is:
$=1+2+5+10+25
\\=43$
The sum of the factors is not equal to 50. Therefore, 50 is not a perfect number.
Thinking Mathematically (6th Edition)
by Blitzer, Robert F.
Published by
Pearson
ISBN 10:
0321867327
ISBN 13:
978-0-32186-732-2
Chapter 5 - Number Theory and the Real Number System - 5.1 Number Theory: Prime and Composite Numbers - Exercise Set 5.1 - Page 256: 78
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