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Sequence

by agni_h1 » Sun May 29, 2011 5:49 am
Q.For every positive even integer n, the function h(n) is defined to be the
product of all even integers from 2 to n inclusive. If p is the smallest prime factor
of h(100) + 1, then p is between

a. 2 and 10
b. 10 and 20
c. 20 and 30
d. 30 and 40
e. > 40
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by manpsingh87 » Sun May 29, 2011 8:28 am
agni_h1 wrote:Q.For every positive even integer n, the function h(n) is defined to be the
product of all even integers from 2 to n inclusive. If p is the smallest prime factor
of h(100) + 1, then p is between

a. 2 and 10
b. 10 and 20
c. 20 and 30
d. 30 and 40
e. > 40
please go through the following post for detailed solution..!!!
https://www.beatthegmat.com/functions-t83704.html
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by sameerballani » Sun May 29, 2011 8:29 am
What's the Answer. Is it E?

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by Stuart@KaplanGMAT » Sun May 29, 2011 12:01 pm
Hi! This question is, undoubtedly, the most often posted question on this site. If you do a search on h(100) you'll find many many explanations.

Here's one on which I contributed:

https://www.beatthegmat.com/gmat-prep-nu ... hlight=100

and there are many more if you don't like that one!
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