How do you evaluate the expression (23!)/(2!10!)?

1 Answer
Dec 2, 2017

Just use the properties of factorials: 23⋅22⋅21⋅20⋅19⋅18⋅17⋅16⋅15⋅14⋅13⋅6⋅11

Explanation:

(23!)/(2!\10!)=

(23*22*21*20*19*18*17*16*15*14*13*12*11*10!)/(2*10!)=

(23...14*13*(cancel(2)*6)*11*cancel(10!))/(cancel(2*10!)

=23*22*21*20*19*18*17*16*15*14*13*6*11