Final answer:
There are 100 distinct positive integers that can be expressed as n = ab, where 1 ≤ a ≤ 10 and 1 ≤ b ≤ 10.
Step-by-step explanation:
The question is asking for the number of distinct positive integers, n, that can be expressed as n = ab, where a and b are integers such that 1 ≤ a ≤ 10 and 1 ≤ b ≤ 10. To find the number of distinct values for n, we can consider each value of a from 1 to 10, and for each value of a, we can consider each value of b from 1 to 10. This gives us a total of 10 possible values for a and 10 possible values for b, which gives a total of 10 x 10 = 100 possible distinct values for n.