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Arun Sharma has explained this concept really nicely.
For n! to have x zeroes, it must have x number of 5's in it. Unless (n+1)! is a multiple of 5, (n+1)! will also have x zeroes.
Here, the main concept is to understand that if (n+1)! has 'x' zeroes more than n! then it means that (n+1) is a multiple of 5x.
Notice the similarities here. For 30!, 30 will add one 5 or 51 therefore it has one more zero. For 125!, 125 will add 53 therefore it has 3 more zeroes. Similarly for 625!, it will add 54 therefore it was 4 more zeroes.
So to solve the question, if (n+1)! has 3 more zeroes than n!, it means (n+1) is a multiple of 125. Therefore for 1≤n+1≤1000, we will have 8 multiples of 125. But this also contains 625 and as illustrated above, it will have 4 more zeroes. Subtracting that: 8 - 1 = 7 which is your final answer
I did not get it
what exactly did you not understand? I'll try to explain it
I understood it while typing out my doubt thank you tho :,)
Also how come in the example some specfic numbers have been taken? Will it show the same result if we take other no.s?
How can we come up with such numbers in the exam?
I deliberately took numbers that are multiples of power of 5 (except 29 and 30 of course). It was to show how to connect the idea of increase in zeroes with respect to the highest power of 5 in (n+1). As for the exam, who knows what will come. Had this question been asked in the exam, my thought process would have been to immediately recognise that the values of 'n+1' will be multiples of 53 while remembering to remove multiples of 54.
Okay understood! btw have you completed arun sharma all 3 levels?
Only for topics that I was/am struggling with. Puri book kon karega lol
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