Too many factorials!

( 100 ! + 99 ! ) ( 99 ! 98 ! ) ( 98 ! + 97 ! ) ( 2 ! + 1 ! ) ( 100 ! 99 ! ) ( 99 ! + 98 ! ) ( 98 ! 97 ! ) ( 2 ! 1 ! ) \large \dfrac{(100!+99!)(99!-98!)(98!+97!)\cdots(2!+1!)}{(100!-99!)(99!+98!)(98!-97!)\cdots(2!-1!)}

The value of the above fraction can be written as mixed fraction a b c a\dfrac{b}{c} , where b b and c c & a a and b b are co-prime, but a a and c c are not co-prime. What is the product of a a , b b , and c c ?


The answer is 100.

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1 solution

We can write that as:

99 ! ( 100 + 1 ) 98 ! ( 99 1 ) 97 ! ( 98 + 1 ) ( 2 + 1 ) 99 ! ( 100 1 ) 98 ! ( 99 + 1 ) 97 ! ( 98 1 ) ( 2 1 ) \frac{99!(100+1)98!(99-1)97!(98+1)\cdots(2+1)}{99!(100-1)98!(99+1)97!(98-1)\cdots(2-1)}

And then we get

101 × 98 × 99 × 96 × 97 × 94 × × 4 × 5 × 2 × 3 99 × 100 × 97 × 98 × 95 × 96 × × 6 × 3 × 4 × 1 = 101 × 2 100 = 2 1 50 \frac{101\times \cancel{98}\times \cancel{99}\times \cancel{96}\times \cancel{97}\times \cancel{94}\times \cdots \times \cancel{4}\times \cancel{5}\times 2\times \cancel{3}}{\cancel{99}\times 100\times \cancel{97}\times \cancel{98}\times \cancel{95}\times \cancel{96}\times \cdots \times \cancel{6}\times \cancel{3}\times \cancel{4}\times 1} \\ = \frac{101\times 2}{100} \\ = 2\frac{1}{50}

So, a = 2 a = 2 , b = 1 b = 1 , c = 50 c = 50 and their product is 2 × 1 × 50 = 100 2\times 1\times 50 = \boxed{100}

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