TOPIC - FACTORIAL

DPP : 01
1. Compute:
9! 32 ! (12 !)  (10 !)
(i) (ii) (iii)
(5 !)#(3 !) 29 ! 9!
2. Prove that LCM {6 !, 7 !, 8 !}  8 !.
1  1  1  145 ·
3. Prove that
10 ! 11 ! 12 ! 12 !
1  1  x
4. If , find the value of x.
6! 7! 8!
5. Write the following products in factorial notation:
(i) 6 #7 # 8 # 9 #10 #11#12 (ii) 3 # 6 # 9 #12 #15
6. Which of the following are true or false?
(i) (2  3) !  2 !  3 ! (ii) (2 # 3) !  (2 !)#(3 !)
  
7. If (n 1) ! 12 #(n 1) !, find the value of n.
8. If (n  2) !  2550# n !, find the value of n.
9. If (n  3) !  56 #(n  1) !, find the value of n.
n! n!  2 : 1, find the value of n.
10. If :
(2 !)#(n  2) ! (4 !)#(n  4) !
(2n) ! n!
11. If :  44 : 3, find the value of n.
(3 !)#(2n  3) ! (2 !)#(n  2) !
n!
12. Evaluate , when n  15 and r  12.
(r !)#(n  r) !
13. Prove that (n  2)#(n !)  (n !)  (n  1) !.
14. Prove that:
n! 
(i) n (n  1 ) ( n  2) … ( r  1 )
r!
n!  n!
(ii) (n  r  1) ·
(n  r  1) ! (n  r) !
n! n! (n  1) !
(iii)  
r ! (n  r) ! (r  1) ! (n  r  1) ! r ! (n  r  1) !

ANSWERS (DPP 01)

1. (i) 504 (ii) 29760 (iii) 1310 4. x =64

12 !
5. (i) 5
(ii) 3 (5 !) 6. (i) False (ii) False 7. n  3
5!

8. n 49 9. n  5 10. n  5 11. n  6 12. 455