Given,
Where,
Where, and are single digit positive integers
Find
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Since A B C is a three digit number, we cannot have 7 as one of its digits as 7 ! = 5 0 4 0 is a four digit number .Similarly , we cannot have 8 , 9 .
We cannot even have 6 as 6 ! = 7 2 0 and when you add any other factorial, it will have 7 , 8 or 9 as one of its third digit i.e A = 7 , 8 or 9 . We know that we cannot have 7 , 8 , 9 as digits.
Now, we have to take one digit as 5 compulsory as if we exclude 5 we can a maximum value of A B C when A = B = C = 4 .
4 ! + 4 ! + 4 ! = 7 2 which is not even a three digit number.
When we take one of the digits as 5 we can get maximum value when others are 4 i.e, 4 ! + 4 ! + 5 ! = 1 6 8 = 4 4 5 .
From here we can conclude that one of the digits is 1
Therefore, A ! + B ! + C ! = 1 ! + B ! + 5 ! = 1 B 5
Use trial and error for B in between 1 to 4 . The condition is satisfied for B = 4
A ! + B ! + C ! = 1 ! + 4 ! + 5 ! = 1 4 5 = A B C