Tedious Multiplication?

Algebra Level 2

4 1 × 5 2 × 6 3 × × 20 17 = ? \large \dfrac{4}{1} \times \dfrac{5}{2} \times \dfrac{6}{3} \times \cdots \times \dfrac{20}{17} = \, ?


The answer is 1140.

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3 solutions

Hung Woei Neoh
Jul 1, 2016

Relevant wiki: Multiplying Fractions

4 1 × 5 2 × 6 3 × 7 4 × 8 5 × 9 6 × 10 7 × 11 8 × 12 9 × 13 10 × 14 11 × 15 12 × 16 13 × 17 14 × 18 15 × 19 16 × 20 17 = 18 6 × 19 × 20 10 1 × 2 1 × 3 1 = 60 × 19 = 1140 \dfrac{\cancel{4}}{1}\times\dfrac{\cancel{5}}{2}\times\dfrac{\cancel{6}}{3}\times\dfrac{\cancel{7}}{\cancel{4}}\times\dfrac{\cancel{8}}{\cancel{5}}\times\dfrac{\cancel{9}}{\cancel{6}}\times\dfrac{\cancel{10}}{\cancel{7}}\times\dfrac{\cancel{11}}{\cancel{8}}\times\dfrac{\cancel{12}}{\cancel{9}}\times\dfrac{\cancel{13}}{\cancel{10}}\times\dfrac{\cancel{14}}{\cancel{11}}\times\dfrac{\cancel{15}}{\cancel{12}}\times\dfrac{\cancel{16}}{\cancel{13}}\times\dfrac{\cancel{17}}{\cancel{14}}\times\dfrac{18}{\cancel{15}}\times\dfrac{19}{\cancel{16}}\times\dfrac{20}{\cancel{17}}\\ =\dfrac{\color{#D61F06}{\cancel{\color{#333333}{18}}6}\times 19\times\color{#3D99F6}{\cancel{\color{#333333}{20}}10}}{1\times\color{#3D99F6}{\cancel{\color{#333333}{2}}1}\times\color{#D61F06}{\cancel{\color{#333333}{3}}1}}\\ =60\times 19\\ =\boxed{1140}

Nice latex used :) (+1)

Ashish Menon - 4 years, 11 months ago

4 × 5 × 6 × × 20 1 × 2 × 3 × × 17 = ( 20 17 ) = ( 20 3 ) = 20 × 19 × 18 1 × 2 × 3 = 1140 \displaystyle \frac{4\times 5 \times 6 \times \cdots \times 20}{1\times 2 \times 3 \times \cdots \times 17} = {20 \choose 17} = {20 \choose 3} = \frac {20 \times 19 \times 18}{1 \times 2 \times 3} = \boxed{1140}

Yep thats the method I used too (+1)

Ashish Menon - 4 years, 11 months ago
Rico Lee
Jul 2, 2016

[20!/(3x2x1)] / 17! =1140

You might use LaTeX \LaTeX to make your solution better ;)

Ashish Menon - 4 years, 11 months ago

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How to use LATEX?

Anandmay Patel - 4 years, 10 months ago

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You can refer Daniel's note here it is the best note for learning LaTeX on brilliant.

Ashish Menon - 4 years, 10 months ago

Haha I posted this on my ipad ;)

Rico Lee - 4 years, 10 months ago

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I use ipad too, we can even use LaTeX via ipad.

Ashish Menon - 4 years, 10 months ago

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@Ashish Menon Hmmmm, I legit never knew LaTeX was available on ipad version.

Rico Lee - 4 years, 9 months ago

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