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Hello math experts! I am having a hard time understanding the question.What does 'y is the highest power of 'x' that can divide 101!' means here?
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Hello math experts! I am having a hard time understanding the question.What does 'y is the highest power of 'x' that can divide 101!' means here?

y is your exponent. X is the factor. The smaller the factor, the larger the exponent you will need to divide into 101! The question is asking what Is the smallest factor (and hence the highest power of y) that divides into 101!

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101! will have multiple zeros in last, hence, we need to check out of these which will be divisible by 10(pairs 2 and 5).
Only 210 satisfy that requirement.

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If y is the highest power of 'x' that can divide 101! without leaving a remainder,then for which among the following values of x will y be the highest?
A)111
B)462
C)74
D)33
E)210

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If y is the highest power of 'x' that can divide 101! without leaving a remainder,then for which among the following values of x will y be the highest?

Highest power of 2 in 101! = 50 + 25 + 12 + 6 + 3 + 1 = 97
Highest power of 3 in 101! = 33 + 11 + 3 + 1 = 48
Highest power of 5 in 101! = 20 + 4 = 24
Highest power of 7 in 101! = 14 + 2 = 16
Highest power of 11 in 101! = 9
Highest power of 37 in 101! = 1

A)111 = 3*37 : Highest power of 111 in 101! = min (48,1) = 1
B)462 = 2*3*7*11: Highest power of 462 in 101! = min (97,48,16,9) = 9
C)74 = 2*37: Highest power of 74 in 101! = min (97,1) = 1
D)33 = 3*11: Highest power of 33 in 101! = min (48,9) = 9
E)210 = 2*3*5*7: Highest power of 210 in 101! = min (97,48,24,16) =16

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what is the value of x for which y is highest, if !101 is divided by x^y?
111=3*37
462=2*3*7*11
74=2*37
33=3*11
210=2*3*5*7
obviously the highest power of x will be the case, where the largest prime no. in the prime factorization of x is smallest. which is the case(7) in E, because highest power of x is restricted by the value of this largest prime no.
so y in the case of E is 17 highest.
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