The no. ends with how many zeroes ?
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1 2 5 C 6 2 = ( 6 2 ! ) ( 6 3 ! ) 1 2 5 ! Number of trailing 0s = how many factors of 10 we have in this expression. Since 1 0 = 2 × 5 , and the number of factors of 2 greatly exceed that of 5, all we need to do is count how many factors of 5 we have in the expression:
For 125!:
There are 5 1 2 5 = 2 5 numbers with 1 factor of 5. But 2 5 = 5 2 , 5 0 = 2 × 5 2 , 7 5 = 3 × 5 2 1 0 0 = 4 × 5 2 , and 1 2 5 = 5 3 so we have an additional 6 factors of 5, hence 1 0 3 1 ∣ ∣ 1 2 5 !
For 63! and 62!:
There are equal numbers of factors of 5 in 6 2 ! and 6 3 ! as 6 3 ! = 6 2 ! × 6 3 and 63 has no factors of 5. There are 5 6 0 = 1 2 numbers in each 62! and 63! with 1 factor of 5. In addition, 25 and 50 have an extra factor of 5 as shown earlier. Hence 6 2 ! × 6 3 ! has 1 4 × 2 = 2 8 factors of 5, i.e 5 2 8 ∣ ∣ ( 6 2 ! × 6 3 ! )
So in total, 1 2 5 C 6 2 has 5 2 8 5 3 1 = 5 3 , hence there are 3 zeroes trailing in this expression.