Which is greater?

Algebra Level 3

Which is greater?

10 0 100 or 300 ! \large 100^{100} \quad \text{or} \quad 300!

300 ! > 10 0 100 300! > 100^{100} 10 0 100 > 300 ! 100^{100} > 300! Cannot be determined 10 0 100 = 300 ! 100^{100} = 300!

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2 solutions

Chew-Seong Cheong
May 15, 2017

We note that:

log 10 300 ! = n = 1 300 log 10 n = n = 1 9 log 10 n + n = 10 99 log 10 n + n = 100 300 log 10 n > 9 × log 10 1 + 100 × log 10 10 + 201 × log 10 100 = 0 + 100 + 402 = 502 \begin{aligned} \log_{10} 300! & = \sum_{n=1}^{300} \log_{10} n \\ & = \sum_{n=1}^{9} \log_{10} n + \sum_{n=10}^{99} \log_{10} n + \sum_{n=100}^{300} \log_{10} n \\ & > 9 \times \log_{10}1 + 100 \times \log_{10} 10 + 201 \times \log_{10} 100 = 0 + 100 + 402 = 502 \end{aligned}

log 10 10 0 100 = 100 log 10 100 = 200 \log_{10} 100^{100} = 100 \log_{10} 100 = 200

300 ! > 10 0 100 \implies \boxed{300! > 100^{100}}

that is too complicated.

rajdeep brahma - 4 years ago

The first one is less than 502 How do u know that it will not be less than 200 ???

Kushal Bose - 4 years ago

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Sorry, a typo. It should be larger than.

Chew-Seong Cheong - 4 years ago

yeah right

rajdeep brahma - 4 years ago

Which is larger ? 120! or 100^100

Shailesh Patel - 1 year, 6 months ago
H K
May 15, 2017

It is easy to see that:

300 > 100, 299 > 100, 298 > 100, ..., 201 > 100 such that 300 299 298 ... 201 > 100^100 from which the inequality 300! > 100^100 can easily be deduced.

nice short proof,upvoted.

rajdeep brahma - 4 years ago

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