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Bunuel

I too did almost exact steps. However I also found out number of 2s because i could not understand which number will be smaller.
Hence it took me more time.

How do I understand which prime number I should consider?
(Since repetition of 3 is bigger than 2^2 so we will consider the number of 3's) --> How do I proceed to conclude this
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Bunuel

I too did almost exact steps. However I also found out number of 2s because i could not understand which number will be smaller.
Hence it took me more time.

How do I understand which prime number I should consider?
(Since repetition of 3 is bigger than 2^2 so we will consider the number of 3's) --> How do I proceed to conclude this
Compare prime exponents, not the counts of composite multiples like 4 in this case (4*3=12). in any factorial, we will have more 2s than 3s because 2 appears every 2nd term and hence, 3 is the limitng exponent here. I guess the phrasing is wrong above , repetition of 3 is less than the repeating of powers of 2
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