Let n be an positive integer such that
( n 2 − 1 ) ! ( n 2 + 1 ) ! = 1 0 n 2 .
What's the value of n ?
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( n 2 − 1 ) ! ( n 2 + 1 ) ! = 1 0 n 2 ( n 2 − 1 ) ! ( n 2 − 1 ) ! ( n 2 ) ( n 2 + 1 ) = 1 0 n 2 n 2 ( n 2 + 1 ) = 1 0 n 2 n 2 + 1 = 1 0 n 2 = 9 n = 3
let's make n 2 = m
So we end up with the follow eq
( m − 1 ) ! ( m + 1 ) ! = 1 0 m let's develop this:
( m + 1 ) ! = m ! ( m + 1 )
( m − 1 ) ! = m m !
m m ! m ! ( m + 1 ) = 1 0 m developing this ugly equation we have
m 2 + m = 1 0 m
m 2 − 9 m = 0
now divide everything by m or solve the quadratic taking only the positive integer value
m = 9
m = n = 3
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( n 2 − 1 ) ! ( n 2 + 1 ) ! ( n 2 − 1 ) ! ( n 2 + 1 ) ⋅ ( n 2 ) ⋅ ( n 2 − 1 ) ! ( n 2 + 1 ) ( n 2 ) n 2 + 1 n = 1 0 n 2 = 1 0 n 2 = 1 0 n 2 = 1 0 = ± 3
n > 0 ⟹ n = 3