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Why are perfect numbers perfect?

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13y ago
Updated: 8/18/2019

A perfect number is only classified as a perfect number because all of its proper divisors add up to itself. For example, the proper divisors of six are one, two and three. Those numbers added together equal six. Therefore, six is a perfect number.

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