Divisibility!

5 ! 7 × 5 ! 7 \large\left\lfloor \frac { 5! }{ 7 } \right\rfloor \times \left\lceil \frac { 5! }{ 7 } \right\rceil

The expression above is divisible by which of the following numbers?

9 12 7 5 11

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1 solution

Hem Shailabh Sahu
Apr 25, 2015

5 ! 7 × 5 ! 7 \large\left\lfloor \frac{5!}{7} \right\rfloor \times \left\lceil \frac{5!}{7} \right\rceil 5 ! 7 = 120 7 = 17 + 1 7 \frac{5!}{7}=\frac{120}{7}=17+\frac{1}{7} 5 ! 7 × 5 ! 7 = ( 17 ) × ( 18 ) = 2 9 17 \Rightarrow \large\left\lfloor \frac{5!}{7} \right\rfloor \times \left\lceil \frac{5!}{7} \right\rceil=(17)\times(18)=2*9*17 The value of the given expression is expressed as 2 9 17 2*9*17 which is divisible by 9. Therefore, the answer is 9 \boxed{9} . :D

Floor & Ceiling Functions At A Glance : The floor and ceiling functions map a real number to the largest previous or the smallest following integer, respectively. More precisely, f l o o r ( x ) = x floor(x) = \lfloor x\rfloor is the largest integer not greater than x and c e i l i n g ( x ) = x ceiling(x) = \lceil x \rceil is the smallest integer not less than x.

The Floor Function is also known as the Greatest Integer Funtion.

Source: Wikipedia - Floor&Ceiling Functions

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