What's the smallest positive integer value of that ?
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The expression factors into
n 3 + 4 n 2 − 2 0 n + 4 8 = ( n − 4 ) ( n + 2 ) ( n + 6 ) .
For this to be divisible by 1 2 5 = 5 3 , there have to be at least 3 factors of 5 in the product.
If ( n + 2 ) is divisible by 5, then ( n − 4 ) and ( n + 6 ) aren't so all three 5's have to come from ( n + 2 ) , which would make n at least 125.
If ( n − 4 ) is divisible by 5, then so is ( n + 6 ) , while ( n + 2 ) isn't. To have three factors of 5, one of the two has to be divisible by 25, but to minimize n , this factor should be ( n + 6 ) = 2 5 .
So, n = 1 9 , and 1 2 5 ∣ 1 5 ⋅ 2 1 ⋅ 2 5 .