JEE Main & Advanced Sample Paper JEE Main - Mock Test - 35

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    Number of possible values of n such that n! has exactly 20 zeroes at the end is                                        

    A) \[3\]                     

    B)        \[4\]                     

    C) \[5\]        

    D)        \[6\]

    Correct Answer: C

    Solution :

    [c] Number of zeroes at the end of n! is equal to the exponent of 5 in n! \[\therefore \]  Number of zeroes \[=x=\sum\limits_{i=1}^{\infty }{\left[ \frac{n}{{{5}^{i}}} \right]}\] \[\Rightarrow \,\,\,x<\sum\limits_{i=1}^{\infty }{\frac{n}{{{5}^{i}}}}\]  \[(\because \,\,\,[x]\le x)\] \[\Rightarrow \,\,\,\,x<n\frac{\frac{1}{5}}{1-\frac{1}{5}}\]                        \[(\because \,\,\,\,[x]\le x)\] \[\Rightarrow \,\,\,\,x<\frac{n}{4}\] \[\Rightarrow \,\,\,\,\,n>80\]                    (Given\[x=20\]) If \[n=80,\]  \[x=\left[ \frac{80}{5} \right]+\left[ \frac{80}{25} \right]=19\] If \[n=85,\]   \[x=\left[ \frac{85}{5} \right]+\left[ \frac{85}{25} \right]=20\] If  \[n=90,\] \[x=\left[ \frac{90}{5} \right]+\left[ \frac{90}{25} \right]=21\] \[\Rightarrow \,\,\,n\in \{85,86,87,88,89\}\]           


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