Let Let be the number of zeros at the end of . Now,let Then, let be the number of zeros at the end of . can be expressed as ,where and are positive, coprime integers.Find .
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To get the value of x ,we factorize S into 5 2 0 0 × ( 1 × 2 × 3 . . . . . . × 2 0 0 ) because there are 200 terms and each of them has a common factor of 5. Now,we calculate the number of 2's and 5's in the prime factorization of the product. Using de Polignac's ( or Legendre's ) formula,we find that there are 197 2's and 49 5's.However,there are an additional 200 5's in the term 5 2 0 0 , so there are a total of 197 2's and 249 5's.Pairing a 2 with a 5 gives 10 which adds an extra trailing zero,so there are 197 zeros at the end of S .So, x = 1 9 7 .Using the same method of factorization,we find that T = 1 0 1 0 0 × ( 1 × 2 × 3 × 4 . . . . . . × 1 0 0 ) There are 24 zeros at the end of the product and 100 zeros in the term 1 0 1 0 0 .So,there are 124 zeros at the end of T and y = 1 2 4 .Because 197 is a prime number, the fraction y x is irreducible,so a = x and b = y .Then, 3 1 a b = 3 1 1 9 7 × 1 2 4 = 3 1 1 9 7 × 4 × 3 1 = 1 9 7 × 4 = 7 8 8