2003 AMC 12A Problems/Problem 23
Problem
Solution
We want to find the number of perfect square factors in the product of all the factorials of numbers from 1 - 9. We can write this out and take out the factorials, and then find a prime factorization of the entire product. We can also find this prime factorization by finding the number of times each factor is repeated in each factorial. Anyway, this comes out to be equal to
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