Factorials

If 3 ! × 5 ! × 7 ! = n ! 3! \times 5! \times 7! = n! , what is the value of n n ?

Source: MMC 2015


The answer is 10.

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2 solutions

Omkar Kulkarni
Feb 1, 2015

n ! = 7 ! × 5 ! × 3 ! n! = 7! \times 5! \times 3!

= 7 ! × 5 × 4 × 3 × 2 × 3 × 2 = 7! \times 5 \times 4 \times 3 \times 2 \times 3 \times 2

= 7 ! × ( 4 × 2 ) × ( 3 × 3 ) × ( 5 × 2 ) = 7! \times (4\times 2) \times (3\times 3) \times (5 \times 2)

= 7 ! × 8 × 9 × 10 = 7! \times 8 \times 9 \times 10

n ! = 10 ! n = 10 n!=10! \Rightarrow \boxed {n=10}

Ktwong Kt
Aug 14, 2015

n!=7! 5! 3!
Since there are no factor 11 inside,
So n should be smaller than 11.
Since there are 2 factor 5 inside,
So n should be bigger or equal to 10.
10≤n<11.
N is 10



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