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How many times does 5 divide 100! ?

20 24 47 100

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Francesco Iacca
Mar 31, 2017

By using Polignac's formula, we have that 5^p | 100! and 5^{p+1} doesn't divide 100! if and only if p= \displaystyle \sum_{k=1}^\infty [\frac{100}{5^k}]

Yayo Contreras
Mar 13, 2015

100/5=20, 100/25=4, 20+4=24

Muy bien yayo tu si sabes

Aaron Aguirre - 6 years, 2 months ago

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