Answer: b) there are an infinite number of nice numbers.
a) Let N be a nice number, i.e. N=d14+d24+d34+d44+d54, where di, i=1,2,3,4,5, are the distinct divisors of N. If some divisor of N is divisible by 5, then N is divisible by 5.
So we suppose that d1,d2,d3,d4,d5 are not divisible by 5. Then their fourth powers are congruent to 1 modulo 5. Indeed, if M=5k±1 (k∈N), then M2=25k2±10k+1=5m+1 (m∈N) and M4=(5m+1)2=25m2+10m+1, i.e. M4 is congruent to 1 modulo 5; if M=5k±2 (k∈N), then M2=25k2±20k+4=5m+4 (m∈N) and M4=(5m+4)2=25m2+40m+16, i.e. M4 is congruent to 1 modulo 5. Therefore, the fourth power of any divisor di is congruent to 1 modulo 5, i.e. di4=5ki+1, and it follows that N is divisible by 5.
b) Let there exist a nice number N, i.e. N=d14+d24+d34+d44+d54, where di are some positive integers and p>1. If d1,d2,d3,d4,d5 are distinct divisors of N, consider the number N(p)=Np4, where p is any positive integer greater than 1. It is obvious that d1p,d2p,d3p,d4p,d5p are distinct divisors of N(p), and
N(p)=Np4=[N=d14+d24+d34+d44+d54]=(d14+d24+d34+d44+d54)p4==(d1p)4+(d2p)4+(d3p)4+(d4p)4+(d5p)4.
So there are infinitely many nice numbers N(p) if there exists at least one nice number. It remains to note that the number N=14+24+34+64+344 is nice. Indeed, it is evident that N is divisible by 2. Since the numbers 14,24, and 344 are congruent 1 modulo 3, the number N is divisible by 3. Since N is even and divisible by 3, we see that N is divisible by 6. Besides,
N=14+24+34(14+24)+344=(14+24)(14+34)+344=17⋅(14+34)+344,
whence we see that N is divisible by 34. Thus, N is nice.