DISCUSS: Powers of Factorials Which is larger, (100!)'" or (101!)00? [Hint: Try factoring the expressions. Do they have any common factors?]

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DISCUSS: Powers of Factorials Which is larger, (100!)'" or
(101!)00? [Hint: Try factoring the expressions. Do they
have any common factors?]
Transcribed Image Text:DISCUSS: Powers of Factorials Which is larger, (100!)'" or (101!)00? [Hint: Try factoring the expressions. Do they have any common factors?]
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we have to determine which out of the two, (100!)101,(101!)100 is larger.

Now,

100!101=(100!)100(100!)      ----(1) 

Also,

=(101)100(100!)100    -----(2)       

From (1) and (2),

we see that both the terms have common term(101!)100.

 

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