Integer question - need help to solve

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Integer question - need help to solve

by shamanth » Wed Dec 14, 2011 5:50 am
Hi

I need assistance with the following question and hope you can help me.

For every positive integer even integer n, the function h(n) is defined to be the product of all the even integers from 2 to n, inclusive. If p is the smallest prime factor of h(100) +1, then p is

(a) between 2 and 10
(b) between 10 and 20
(c) between 20 and 30
(d) between 30 and 40
(e) greater than 40
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by ollapodrida » Wed Dec 14, 2011 6:19 am
Check the following link for some solutions to this problem:

https://www.beatthegmat.com/tough-prime- ... 25475.html

There are several other links. Just search h(n) or h(100)