Which of the following is a perfect square?
A. 9 8 ! × 9 9 !
B. 9 9 ! × 1 0 0 !
C. 9 8 ! × 1 0 0 !
D. 1 0 0 ! × 1 0 1 !
E. 9 9 ! × 1 0 1 !
Notation: ! Is a factorial notation, for example, 3 ! = 3 × 2 × 1
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Thank you for sharing your solution, got my vote too.
A. 9 8 ! × 9 9 ! = 9 8 ! × 9 9 × 9 8 ! = ( 9 8 ! ) 2 × 9 9 ⟹ not a perfect square.
B. 9 9 ! × 1 0 0 ! = 9 9 ! × 1 0 0 × 9 9 ! = ( 9 9 ! ) 2 × 1 0 0 = ( 9 9 ! × 1 0 ) 2 ⟹ a perfect square .
C. 9 8 ! × 1 0 0 ! = 9 8 ! × 1 0 0 × 9 9 × 9 8 ! = ( 9 8 ! ) 2 × 1 0 0 × 9 9 ⟹ not a perfect square.
D. 1 0 0 ! × 1 0 1 ! = 1 0 0 ! × 1 0 1 × 1 0 0 ! = ( 1 0 0 ! ) 2 × 1 0 1 ⟹ not a perfect square.
E. 9 9 ! × 1 0 1 ! = 9 9 ! × 1 0 1 × 1 0 0 × 9 9 ! = ( 9 9 ! ) 2 × 1 0 1 × 1 0 0 ⟹ not a perfect square.
Thank you for sharing your solution, got my vote too.
= n ! ⋅ ( n + 1 ) !
= n ! ⋅ n ! ( n + 1 )
= ( n ! ) 2 ⋅ ( n + 1 )
( n ! ) 2 ( n + 1 ) = ( n ! ) 2 ⋅ n + 1 is integer.
So, the answer is 9 9 ! × 1 0 0 !
Thank you.
Only B, 9 9 ! × 1 0 0 ! = ( 9 9 ! ) 2 × 1 0 0 = 9 9 ! 2 × 1 0 2
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All of the products are of the form n ! ⋅ ( n + 1 ) ! or n ! ⋅ ( n + 2 ) ! . Observe that
n ! ⋅ ( n + 1 ) ! = ( n ! ) 2 ⋅ ( n + 1 )
n ! ⋅ ( n + 2 ) ! = ( n ! ) 2 ⋅ ( n + 1 ) ( n + 2 )
Thus, each product p is a perfect square if and only if ( n ! ) 2 p is also a perfect square.
Only B fits that criteria:
B = 9 9 ! ⋅ 1 0 0 ! = ( 9 9 ! ) 2 ⋅ 1 0 0
Note that a 2 ⋅ b 2 = ( a b ) 2 = m 2 for some integer m .