Is there a pattern?

10 ! 7 ! = 6 ! = 720 10 ! 6 ! = 7 ! = 5040 \begin{aligned} \frac{10!}{7!} & = 6! = 720 \\ \frac{10!}{6!} & = 7! = 5040 \end{aligned}

What is 10 ! 5 ! \dfrac{10!}{5!} ?


The answer is 30240.

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2 solutions

Chew-Seong Cheong
Jun 20, 2017

10 ! = 6 ! × 7 × 8 × 9 × 10 = 6 ! × 2 4 × 3 2 × 5 × 7 = 6 ! × 144 × 5 × 7 = 6 ! × 2 × 3 × 4 × 6 × 5 × 7 = 6 ! × 7 ! \begin{aligned} 10! & = 6! \times 7 \times 8 \times 9 \times 10 \\ & = 6! \times {\color{#3D99F6} 2^4 \times 3^2} \times 5\times 7 \\ & = 6! \times {\color{#3D99F6} 144} \times 5\times 7 \\ & = 6! \times {\color{#3D99F6} 2 \times 3 \times 4 \times 6} \times 5\times 7 \\ & = 6! \times 7! \end{aligned}

10 ! 7 ! = 6 ! 10 ! 6 ! = 7 ! \begin{aligned} \implies \frac {10!}{7!} & = 6! \\ \implies \frac {10!}{6!} & = 7! \end{aligned}

Now, we have:

10 ! = 6 ! × 7 ! = 5 ! × 6 × 7 ! = 3 ! × 5 ! × 7 ! \begin{aligned} 10! & = {\color{#3D99F6}6!} \times 7! \\ & = {\color{#3D99F6}5! \times 6} \times 7! \\ & = {\color{#3D99F6}3!\times 5!} \times 7! \end{aligned}

10 ! 5 ! = 3 ! × 7 ! = 6 × 5040 = 30240 \begin{aligned} \implies \frac {10!}{5!} & = 3! \times 7! = 6 \times 5040 = \boxed{30240} \end{aligned}

Marta Reece
Jun 19, 2017

10 ! 5 ! = 1 × 2 × 3 × 4 × 5 × 6 × 7 × 8 × 9 × 10 1 × 2 × 3 × 4 × 5 = 6 × 7 × 8 × 9 × 10 = 6 × 7 ! = 30240 \dfrac{10!}{5!}=\dfrac{1\times2\times3\times4\times5\times6\times7\times8\times9\times10}{1\times2\times3\times4\times5}=6\times7\times8\times9\times10=6\times7!=\boxed{30240}

The previous results, which appear to follow a pattern, do so mostly by accident.

10 ! 7 ! = 1 × 2 × 3 × 4 × 5 × 6 × 7 × 8 × 9 × 10 1 × 2 × 3 × 4 × 5 × 6 × 7 = 8 × 9 × 10 = 1 × 2 × 3 × 4 × 5 × 6 = 6 ! = 720 \dfrac{10!}{7!}=\dfrac{1\times2\times3\times4\times5\times6\times7\times8\times9\times10}{1\times2\times3\times4\times5\times6\times7}=8\times9\times10=1\times2\times3\times4\times5\times6=6! =720 .

10 ! 6 ! = 6 × 7 × 8 × 9 × 10 = 2 5 × 3 2 × 5 × 7 = 1 × 2 × 3 × 4 × 5 × 6 × 7 = 7 ! = 5040 \dfrac{10!}{6!}=6\times7\times8\times9\times10=2^5\times3^2\times5\times7=1\times2\times3\times4\times5\times6\times7=7!=5040 .

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