Find the greatest positive integer such that divides
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There are 8 6 multiples of 2 3 less than 2 0 0 0 .
However, 5 2 9 = 2 3 ⋅ 2 3 , 1 0 5 8 = 2 3 ⋅ 2 3 ⋅ 2 , 1 5 8 7 = 2 3 ⋅ 2 3 ⋅ 2 ⋅ 2 .
So there are total 8 9 2 3 's in 2 0 0 0 ! .
So greatest positive integer x such that 2 3 x + 6 divides 2 0 0 0 ! can be found as follows:
x + 6 = 8 9
⟹ x = 8 3