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Divisor of ten to the 99 that is a multiple of ten to the 80

Question

Pick a positive divisor of 109910^{99} uniformly at random. What is the probability that it is divisible by 108010^{80}?

Short answer

125\tfrac1{25}. A divisor is 2i5j2^i5^j with i,j∈{0,…,99}i,j\in\{0,\dots,99\}, giving 1002100^2 choices. Divisibility by 108010^{80} needs i,j≥80i,j\ge80, i.e. 2020 choices each, so the probability is 2021002=125\tfrac{20^2}{100^2}=\tfrac1{25}.

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