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Direct Products and Finite Abelian Groups · Challenge problem

In Q8×Z3Q_8 \times \mathbb Z_3, the center is Z(Q8×Z3)={1,−1}×Z3Z(Q_8\times\mathbb Z_3) = \{1,-1\}\times\mathbb Z_3, order 66. How many elements of the quotient (Q8×Z3)/Z(Q_8\times\mathbb Z_3)/Z have order 22?