Factorize?

Which of the following numbers can be expressed in the form 2 n × 3 n { 2 }^{ n } \times { 3 }^{ n } for some positive integer n n ?

90699264 60466176 30233088 20155392

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2 solutions

Ansh Bhatt
Oct 7, 2015

All the numbers of the form 6^n end with 6. That is the simplest solution I can think of.

Yeah! Me to thought of the same..!!

PUSHPESH KUMAR - 5 years, 8 months ago

Haha , that was wise!

Nihar Mahajan - 5 years, 8 months ago

I realized my mistake. To avoid misunderstanding I have deleted. Thanks for telling :)

Nihar Mahajan - 5 years, 8 months ago
Pole Vaulter
Oct 9, 2015

2 n × 3 n 2^{n} \times 3^{n}

= ( 2 × 3 ) n = (2 \times 3)^{n}

= 6 n =6^{n}

Now 6 n 6^{n} must end in the digit 6 because of the following:

6 n 6^{n}

= 6 × ( 5 + 1 ) n 1 =6 \times (5+1)^{n-1}

= 6 × =6 \times ( 5 n 1 5^{n-1} + [ n 1 ] × 5 n 2 [n-1] \times 5^{n-2} ... + 1 +1 )

Since 6 = 2 × 3 6 = 2 \times 3 , whenever a 6 is multiplied by a multiple of 5 it will be a multiple of 10 ( 2 × 5 2 \times 5 ) and hence will have no effect on the final digit. This means that the only term from within the brackets that has any effect on the final digit is the ...+1 at the end. And since 6 × 1 = 6 6 \times 1 = 6 . Then 6 n 6^{n} must end in a 6. The only option with 6 as a final digit is 60466176 hence this must be the correct answer.

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