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How many natural numbers are there such that their factorials are ending with 5 zeroes?


Options:
A .   1
B .   2
C .   >2
D .   None of these
E .   8
Answer: Option D
:
D

The number of zeros in the end of a factorial depends on the number of 10s; i.e. effectively, on the number of 5s (since, 10=5×2).


10! is 1×2×3×4×(5)×6×7×8×9×(2×5). The number of zeros at the end of 10!=2


(This is because the highest power of 5 till 10! is 2 (as there are 2 fives))


Continuing like this, 10!-14!, the highest power of 5 will be 2. The next 5 will be obtained at 15 = (5*3).


Therefore, from 15! To 19! - The highest power of 5 will be 3.


Similarly, from 20!-24! - Highest Power = 4


In 25, we are getting one extra five, as 25=5*5. Therefore, 25! to 29!, we will get the highest power of 5 as 6.
The answer to the question is, therefore, 0. There are no natural numbers whose factorials end with 5 zeroes.



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