Find out the smallest number which can be expressed as a product of 5 consecutive natural numbers and also is divisible by 1 0 0 .
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CAN YOU PLEASE EXPLAIN ME IN A EASIER WAY. THOUGH YOUR SOLUTION IS REALLY GOOD . BUT I'M FINDING SOME DIFFICULTY IN UNDERSTANDING IT!!!!!!!
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Please can u specify the step u doubt...it'll be easy then
The number should be divisible by 100, which can be written as 2 * 2 * 5 * 5.when we take 5 consecutive numbers, we can not get two multiples of 5. So, the only possibility is that we include 25, 125, 625, etc. in those five numbers. We require the smallest number so it must be 21 * 22 * 23 * 24 * 25 = 6375600.
Nicely done :) thats what i had stated in step 2
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there's nothing nice about this method. the thing is i don't know the formula that you have used, so i started from the basic. :P
T h e n u m b e r c a n b e w r i t t e n i n t h e f o r m : − n ( n + 1 ) ( n + 2 ) ( n + 3 ) ( n + 4 ) F o r t h i s n u m b e r t o b e d i v i s i b l e b y 1 0 0 , i t m u s t b e d i v i s i b l e b y 2 2 a n d 5 2 b e c a u s e 1 0 0 = 2 2 × 5 2 i . e : − i t m u s t b e d i v i s i b l e b y 4 a n d 2 5 . W e t r y t o l o o k a t t h e f i r s t n u m b e r w h i c h c o n t a i n s 2 5 a s a f a c t o r a s 4 i s m o r e a b u n d a n t a n d w i l l d e f i n i t e l y d i v i d e o n e o f n ( n + 1 ) ( n + 2 ) ( n + 3 ) ( n + 4 ) N o w w e o b s e r v e t h a t s u c h a n u m b e r c a n o n l y c o n t a i n o n e 5 a s a f a c t o r u n l e s s 2 5 o r a n y o f i t ′ s m u l t i p l e s a r e a f a c t o r t h e m s e l f . T h u s , t h e s m a l l e s t n f o r w h i c h 2 5 i s a f a c t o r i s w h e n n + 4 = 2 5 T h u s n = 2 1 . T h u s t h e n u m b e r i s : − 2 1 × 2 2 × 2 3 × 2 4 × 2 5 = 6 3 7 5 6 0 0 .
I used a wrong approach in getting the answer. I need a better solution.
Since we only have 5 consecutive natural numbers, ONE and only ONE of them is a multiple of 5. And for the product to be divisible by 100, we need the multiple of 5 to also be divisible by 25. Now for whichever 5 consecutive numbers we take, there will be at least 2 even numbers so we can be sure that the product is divisible by 4. For the smallest possible product, we let the biggest number be 25 and we are done.
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( n ) ( n + 1 ) ( n + 3 ) ( n + 4 ) ( n + 5 ) Can be written as n ! ( n + 5 ) ! Now we have to find an expression which consists of alleast two 5 ′ s and two 2 ′ s From the expression the first think which clicks in mind is n + 5 should be a multiple of 5 as to obtain max no. of 5 ′ s in the expresssion) The second thing that strikes is that n + 5 should be an integral power (I think you get it why) So from these two conclusions we notice that 5 2 gives us two 5 ′ s in the expression . implies n + 5 = 5 2 n = 2 0 Now the no. comes out to be 2 0 ! ( 2 0 + 5 ) ! a n s . = 6 3 7 5 6 0 0