What is the largest prime factor of 5 ! + 6 ! ?
Note: ! is the factorial notation
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5
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7
So, the largest prime number is
7
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5! + 6! = 5! + 6 * 5!
= 5! ( 1 + 6)
= 7 * 5!
[ n! = n*(n-1)! ]
Now largest prime factor of n! <= n.
Hence, in 5! we have the largest prime factor <=5. Here its = 5.
But 7>5 and 7 is also a prime.
Hence the answer is 7.
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5 ! + 6 ! = 5 ! + 5 ! ( 6 ) = 5 ! ( 1 + 6 ) = 5 ! ( 7 ) = 1 × 2 × 3 × 4 × 5 × 7
Therefore, the largest prime factor is 7 .