Sigma Equation

Algebra Level 3

Find the value of x x such that

( log 343 7 ) ( m = 1 x ! m ! ) = 291. \left( \log_{343} 7 \right) \left( \sum_{m=1}^{x!} m! \right) = 291.


The answer is 3.

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2 solutions

Chew-Seong Cheong
Nov 26, 2014

Same solution with that by Rahul Chopra. Just trying to present it better.

log 343 7 m = 1 x ! m ! = log 343 34 3 1 3 m = 1 x ! m ! = 1 3 m = 1 x ! m ! = 291 m = 1 x ! m ! = 873 \log _{343} {7} \sum _{m=1} ^{x!} {m!} = \log _{343} {343^{\frac{1}{3}}} \sum _{m=1} ^{x!} {m!} = \dfrac {1}{3} \sum _{m=1} ^{x!} {m!} = 291 \quad \Rightarrow \sum _{m=1} ^{x!} {m!} = 873

And since 1 ! + 2 ! + 3 ! + 4 ! + 5 ! + 6 ! = 1 + 2 + 6 + 24 + 120 + 720 = 873 1!+2!+ 3!+4!+5!+6! = 1+2+6+24+120+720 = 873 , x ! = 6 x = 3 \quad \Rightarrow x! = 6\quad \Rightarrow x = \boxed {3} .

Rahul Chopra
Nov 25, 2014

We know that the summation from m=1 to x! of m! is equal to 291/(log base 343 of 7) = 291/(1/3) = 291*3 = 873. We then need to find the summation of factorials that leads to that number. 1!+2!+3!+4!+5!+6! = 873. Thus x! = 6, x = 3.

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