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n is a positive integer. Is (k-5)^2>0?

(1) n! ends in exactly k zeros.
(2) There are k prime numbers less than 10n

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1. n! finishes with five 0 if contains an integer multiplied by 10^5.
10=2.5 so n! has to contain 5 multiples of 2 and 5 multiples of 5.
so n=1.2.3.4.5.6.7.8.9.10....15....20= 20! contains four '5' and more than five '2'. The next possible integer is 25! which contains six '5'.
So there is no n! finishing with five '0'.

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(2) There are k prime numbers less than 10n
if n=1 then 10 contains 4 prime numbers.
if n=2 then 20 contains 8 primes.

So again, there are no n satisfaying the condition.

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21 Nov 2006, 08:48

agree with D and the above explanation.

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21 Nov 2006, 09:52

Just to give you guys my breakdown for (1) ...

If n=1, then n!=1 and k =0 --> (0-5)^2 > 0 holds true

The only time (k-5)^2>0 will not be true is if k=5. And k will be = to 5 when we have a multiple of 100,000 or 10^5 (ending in five 0s). 100,000 = (5^5) * (2^5)

But I'm not too sure if (1) is SUFFICIENT. I'm thinking if you get the factorial of a bigger number like 40 or 50 (although i didnt compute for this), you might get a number ending in five zeros. Wasn't patient enough to compute tho... Might be too cumbersome for an actual GMAT question so I would go with D. But I think B is a possibility...
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25 Nov 2006, 11:41

(1) how can this be sufficient? if K=5 then (k-5)^2=0?

not sure i understand your rational.can you please elaborate

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25 Nov 2006, 11:44

Oh dang!..X&Y good work...i just saw your working

I am soo out of touch ....with GMAT..

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