Question 6(vi-ix), Exercise 6.1

Solutions of Question 6(vi-ix) of Exercise 6.1 of Unit 06: Permutation and Combination. This is unit of Model Textbook of Mathematics for Class XI published by National Book Foundation (NBF) as Federal Textbook Board, Islamabad, Pakistan.

Prove for nN: 33! is divisible by 215.

Solution.

33!=33.32.314.3.2.1 2,4,8,16,32 are factors of the expression.
and we can write it as 21,22,23,24,25
33!=25.24.23.22.2(33×31×6×5×3×1)=215(33×31××3×1) So 33 is the multiple of 215 and therefore is divisible by 215

Prove for nN:2n![(n1)!]2=n(n+1)(n+2)(2n1)(2n)(n1)!

Solution.

L.H.S.=2n![(n1)!]2=(2n)(2n1)(2n2)n(n1)(n2)3.2.1[(n1)!]2=(2n)(2n1)(2n2)n(n1)![(n1)!]2=(2n)(2n1)(2n2)n(n1)!=n(n+1)(n+2)(2n1)(2n)(n1)!=R.H.S.

Prove for nN: (n!+1) is not divisible by any natural number between 2 and n.

Solution.

We know n!=n(n1)(n2)3.2.1 Hence n! is divisible by every number between 1 and n.
n! can also divides by any natural number between 2 and n.
For (n!+1), 1 is not divisible by any natural number between 2 and n.
So (n!+1) is not divisible by any natural number between 2 and n.

Prove for (n!)2nnn!<(2n)!

Solution. FIXME Consider
(n!)2=n!n!(n!)2<nnn!(i)n!nn Also condider
(2n)!=2n(2n1)(2n2)(n+1)n3.2.1=2n(2n1)(2n2)(n+1)n!(2n)!>n2n!(ii)2n(2n1)(2n2)(n+1)>n2 From (i) and (ii), we have
(n!)2n2n!<(2n)!