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 [#permalink] New post 09 Oct 2003, 17:37
M = 10?

Count the number of 2's that can go into all the even numbers, leaving prime factors, in 12!
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 [#permalink] New post 14 Oct 2003, 01:45
12! includes:

numbers divisible by 2) 6 items
numbers divisible by 4) 3 items
numbers divisible by 8) 1 item

6+3+1=10, so 2^10 is a maximal power of 2 that 12! contains.
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