freeCodeCamp/curriculum/challenges/english/08-coding-interview-prep/project-euler/problem-179-consecutive-positive-divisors.english.md

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id: 5900f41f1000cf542c50ff32
challengeType: 5
title: 'Problem 179: Consecutive positive divisors'
forumTopicId: 301814
---

## Description
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Find the number of integers 1 < n < 107, for which n and n + 1 have the same number of positive divisors. For example, 14 has the positive divisors 1, 2, 7, 14 while 15 has 1, 3, 5, 15.
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## Instructions
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</section>

## Tests
<section id='tests'>

```yml
tests:
  - text: <code>euler179()</code> should return 986262.
    testString: assert.strictEqual(euler179(), 986262);

```

</section>

## Challenge Seed
<section id='challengeSeed'>

<div id='js-seed'>

```js
function euler179() {
  // Good luck!
  return true;
}

euler179();
```

</div>



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## Solution
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```js
// solution required
```

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