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# 6- If f(n) is the product of n consecutive

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If $$f(n)$$ is the product of $$n$$ consecutive integers from $$1$$ to $$N$$, then what is the number of odd factors of$$f(10)$$.
A) 30
B) 60
C) 120
D) 256
E) 512

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28 Feb 2018, 03:46
EgmatQuantExpert wrote:

Question:

If $$f(n)$$ is the product of $$n$$ consecutive integers from $$1$$ to $$N$$, then what is the number of odd factors of$$f(10)$$.
A) 30
B) 60
C) 120
D) 256
E) 512

10! = 1 x 2 x 3 x 2^2 x 5 x 2 x 3 x 7 x 2^3 x 3^2 x 2 x 5
10! = 2^8 x 3^4 x 5^2 x 7

factors = 9 x 5 x 3 x 2

odd factors = 5x3x2

(A) 30 imo
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Solution:

We are given:
$$F(n)= 1×2×3×4×5×……….×n$$
We need to find the number of odd factors of $$f(10)$$.
Thus, we need to find the value of $$f(10).$$ Then, we need to write $$f(10)$$ in its prime factorized form. After which we can calculate the value of odd factors of$$f(10)$$.
Number of Odd factors $$f(10)$$
$$f(10)= 1×2×3×4×5×6×7×8×9×10$$
$$f(10)= 1×2×3×(2×2)×5×(2*3)×7×(2*2*2)×(3*3)×(2*5)$$
$$f(10)= 2^8 * 3^4 * 5^2 *7$$
Odd factors of $$f(10)$$= (power of 3+1)*(power of 5+1)* (power of 7+1)
Odd factors of $$f(10)=5*3*2$$
Odd factors of $$f(10)=30$$
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28 Feb 2018, 11:55

Solution:

We are given:
$$f(n)= n!$$
Thus we can write:
$$f(10)= 10!$$
$$10! = 1×2×3×4×5×6×7×8×9×10$$
$$10!= 2^8 * 3^4 * 5^2 *7$$
Total factors of $$10!= 9*5*3*2=270$$
Total factors = Even factors + Odd factors
Odd factors= Total factors – Even factors
Thus, if we can find the even factors of $$10!$$ then we can find the odd factors of $$10!$$.
$$10!= 2*(2^7 * 3^4 * 5^2 *7)$$
We can say that all the factors of $$2^7 * 3^4 * 5^2 *7$$ after multiplying by $$2$$ becomes a factor of $$10!$$.
We also know that any number, which is multiple of $$2$$, is an even number.
Thus,
Total number of factors of$$2^7 * 3^4 * 5^2 *7$$ = Even number of factors of $$10!.$$
Even factors of $$10!$$= Total factors of $$2^7 * 3^4 * 5^2 *7$$
Even factors of $$10!$$= $$8*5*3*2$$
Even factors of $$10!$$=$$240$$
Therefore, Odd factors= Total factors – Even factors
Odd factors= $$270-240$$
Odd factors=$$30$$
Answer: Option $$A$$
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e-GMAT Question:

If $$f(n)$$ is the product of $$n$$ consecutive integers from $$1$$ to $$N$$, then what is the number of odd factors of$$f(10)$$.
A) 30
B) 60
C) 120
D) 256
E) 512

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The principle this question is testing is Finding the Number of Factors of an Integer

Number of odd factors of 10!

10!=1x2x3x4x5x6x7x8x9x10.
10!=2x3x($$2^{2}$$)x5x(2x3)x7x($$2^{3}$$)x($$3^{2}$$)x(5x2)
10!=$$2^{8}$$$$3^{4}$$$$5^{2}$$7

Take the exponents of the odd factors. Add 1 to each of them and multiply them by each other.
(4+1)(2+1)(1+1)=30

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13 May 2018, 08:43
HI
I feel question would have been more interesting if there is an option 270 in the answer choices.
If someone fail to read odd factors (as I did ), one would mark 270 as answer.

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EgmatQuantExpert wrote:

Solution:

We are given:
$$F(n)= 1×2×3×4×5×……….×n$$
We need to find the number of odd factors of $$f(10)$$.
Thus, we need to find the value of $$f(10).$$ Then, we need to write $$f(10)$$ in its prime factorized form. After which we can calculate the value of odd factors of$$f(10)$$.
Number of Odd factors $$f(10)$$
$$f(10)= 1×2×3×4×5×6×7×8×9×10$$
$$f(10)= 1×2×3×(2×2)×5×(2*3)×7×(2*2*2)×(3*3)×(2*5)$$
$$f(10)= 2^8 * 3^4 * 5^2 *7$$
Odd factors of $$f(10)$$= (power of 3+1)*(power of 5+1)* (power of 7+1)
Odd factors of $$f(10)=5*3*2$$
Odd factors of $$f(10)=30$$

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