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Product of n n consecutive natural numbers is divisible by n ! n! .

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From combinatorics, ( n r ) Z + \binom{n}{r} \in \mathbb{Z^{+}} for every n , r Z n,r \in \mathbb{Z} and 0 r n 0 \leq r \leq n [Since the enumeration of picking r r things out of n n things must be a positive integer].

Now, ( n r ) Z + j = 0 r 1 ( n j ) r ! Z + \binom{n}{r} \in \mathbb{Z^{+}} \Rightarrow \dfrac{\prod_{j=0}^{r-1}(n-j)}{r!} \in \mathbb{Z^{+}} , i.e. product of r r consecutive natural numbers is divisible by r ! r! .

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Great explanation!

Yash Dev Lamba
Jan 22, 2016

we can proof this by mathematical induction

Product of n consecutive Natural Numbers is only n ! n!

A Former Brilliant Member - 5 years, 4 months ago

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no , u get it wrong , 5 6 7*8 are also 4 consecutive natural numbers and therefore are divisible by 4!

Yash Dev Lamba - 5 years, 4 months ago

Pigeonhole principle can also be used

Arulx Z - 5 years, 3 months ago

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