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MathNet 2017-part-02 — 176 problems (EN–VI) Question 122

Math Olympiad Vault · MathNet 2017-part-02 — 176 problems (EN–VI)

Question 122

There are $n$ lamps, each with a switch. Each lamp works normally: pressing its switch turns it off if it is on, and turns it on if it is off. Every minute we touch the switches.

In the first minute: we press all the switches $(1,2,3, \ldots, n)$.

In the second minute: we press all the switches whose lamp has an even number $(2,4,6, \ldots)$.

In the third minute: we press all the switches whose lamp has a number divisible by $3\ (3,6,9, \ldots)$.

And so on: in the $k$-th minute, we press the switches whose number is divisible by $k$.

Which lamps are on after $n$ minutes, given that at the beginning all the lamps are off?