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2022 AMC 8 Problems/Problem 17

Problem

If $n$ is an even positive integer, the $\emph{double factorial}$ notation $n!!$ represents the product of all the even integers from $2$ to $n$. For example, $8!! = 2 \cdot 4 \cdot 6 \cdot 8$. What is the units digit of the following sum? \[2!! + 4!! + 6!! + \cdots + 2018!! + 2020!! + 2022!!\]

$\textbf{(A) } 0\qquad\textbf{(B) } 2\qquad\textbf{(C) } 4\qquad\textbf{(D) } 6\qquad\textbf{(E) } 8$

Solution

Notice that once $n>8,$ the units digit of $n!!$ will be $0$ because there will be a factor of $10.$ Thus, we only need to calculate the units digit of \[2!!+4!!+6!!+8!! = 2+8+48+48\cdot8.\] We only care about units digits, so we have $2+8+8+8\cdot8,$ which has the same units digit as $2+8+8+4.$ The answer is $\boxed{\textbf{(B) } 2}.$

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See Also

2022 AMC 8 (Problems • Answer Key • Resources)
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