2011 UNCO Math Contest II Problems/Problem 1
Problem
The largest integer so that
evenly divides
is
. Determine the largest integer
so that
evenly divides
.
Solution
Let indicate the largest integer less than or equal to x. To solve this problem, we simply need to find the powers of 3 that go into 85!. Thus we get
. But that doesn't count the 2 powers of 3 in 9, so we need to add that to
and
and
, giving us 28+9+3+1=41.
See Also
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