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Find the number of zeroes at the end of the product is (1!)1 × (2!)2 × (3!)3 × (4!)4 × … × (15!)15.1. 1002. 2003. 1324. 201

Answer» Correct Answer - Option 2 : 200

Given:

The expression is (1!)1 × (2!)2 × (3!)3 × (4!)4 × … × (15!)15

Concept used:

To find the number of zeroes at the end of the product, we need to calculate the number of 2’s and number 5’s or number of pairs of 2 and 5.

2 × 5 = 10 ⇒ Number of zeroes = 1 (number of pair = 1)

The number of pairs of 2 and 5 is same as the number of zeroes at the end of the product

Calculation:

(1!)1 × (2!)2 × (3!)3 × (4!)4 × … × (15!)15

In the above expression, number of 2’s is more than number of 5’s. So we need to calculate the number of 5’s only

(1!)1 × (2!)2 × (3!)3 × (4!)4

There are so many 2’s and 5 is absent here, then number of zeroes = 0

(5!)5 = (5 × 4 × 3 × 2 × 1)5 ⇒ Number of 5’s = 5

(6!)6 = (6 × 5 × 4 × 3 × 2 × 1)6 ⇒ Number of 5’s = 6

Similarly, (7!)7 ⇒ Number of 5’s = 7

And up to (9!)9, number of 5’s is successively increased by 1

(10!)10 = (10 × 9 × 8 × 7 × 6 × 5 × 4 × 3 × 2 × 1)10 ⇒ Number of 5’s =  20

And up to (14!)14, number of 5’s is successively increased by 2

(15!)15 = (15 × 14 × 13 × 12 × 11 × 10 × 9 × 8 × 7 × 6 × 5 × 4 × 3 × 2 × 1)15 ⇒ Number of 5’s = 45

Total number of 5’s = 5 + 6 + 7 + 8 + 9 + 20 + 22 + 24 + 26 + 28 + 45 = 200

Total number of pairs of 2 and 5 = 200

∴ The total number of zeroes is 200.


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