Multiplying and Dividing Factorials - High School Math

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Question

Stewie has marbles in a bag. How many marbles does Stewie have?

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Simplifying this equation we notice that the 3's, 2's, and 1's cancel so

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Solve the following expression.

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This expression can be simplified because all terms in the expression for 8! are also found in the expression for 10!. By writing the expression below, we are able to cancel 8!.

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Which of the following is equivalent to ?

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This is a factorial question. The formula for factorials is .

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Which of the following is NOT the same as ?

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The cancels out all of except for the parts higher than 4, this leaves a 6 and a 5 left to multilpy

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Solve:

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Both the numerator and denominator are factorials. If you expanded both, everything would cancel out except for in the numerator. Multiply those together to get 720.

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Simplify .

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Thus, since the remaining terms cancel out. 56 is the simplified result.

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Simplify and solve .

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Remember a number followed by a ! is a factorial. A factorial is the product of the given number and all of the numbers smaller than it down to zero. For example, .

Rather than do all of the math involved for , notice that is the same as

From here, the 's cancel out, leaving us with .

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