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== Problem ==
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#REDIRECT [[2010_AMC_12A_Problems/Problem_23]]
 
 
The number obtained from the last two nonzero digits of <math>90!</math> is equal to <math>n</math>. What is <math>n</math>?
 
 
 
<math>\textbf{(A)}\ 12 \qquad \textbf{(B)}\ 32 \qquad \textbf{(C)}\ 48 \qquad \textbf{(D)}\ 52 \qquad \textbf{(E)}\ 68</math>
 
 
 
== Solution 1(Bigbrain) ==
 
 
 
We will use the fact that for any integer <math>n</math>, <cmath>\begin{align*}(5n+1)(5n+2)(5n+3)(5n+4)&=[(5n+4)(5n+1)][(5n+2)(5n+3)]\\ &=(25n^2+25n+4)(25n^2+25n+6)\equiv 4\cdot 6\\ &=24\pmod{25}\equiv -1\pmod{25}.\end{align*}</cmath>
 
 
 
First, we find that the number of factors of <math>10</math> in <math>90!</math> is equal to <math>\left\lfloor \frac{90}5\right\rfloor+\left\lfloor\frac{90}{25}\right\rfloor=18+3=21</math>. Let <math>N=\frac{90!}{10^{21}}</math>. The <math>n</math> we want is therefore the last two digits of <math>N</math>, or <math>N\pmod{100}</math>. Since there is clearly an excess of factors of 2, we know that <math>N\equiv 0\pmod 4</math>, so it remains to find <math>N\pmod{25}</math>.
 
 
 
We can write <math>N</math> as <math>\frac M{2^{21}}</math> where <cmath>M=1\cdot 2\cdot 3\cdot 4\cdot 1\cdot 6\cdot 7\cdot 8\cdot 9\cdot 2\cdots 89\cdot 18 = \frac{90!}{5^{21}},</cmath> where every number in the form <math>5n</math> is replaced by <math>n</math>.
 
 
 
The number <math>M</math> can be grouped as follows:
 
 
 
<cmath>\begin{align*}M= &(1\cdot 2\cdot 3\cdot 4)(6\cdot 7\cdot 8\cdot 9)\cdots(86\cdot 87\cdot 88\cdot 89)\\ &\cdot (1\cdot 2\cdot 3\cdot 4)(6\cdot 7\cdot 8\cdot 9)\cdots (16\cdot 17\cdot 18) \\ &\cdot (1\cdot 2\cdot 3).\end{align*}</cmath>
 
 
 
Hence, we can reduce <math>M</math> to
 
 
 
<cmath>\begin{align*}M&\equiv(-1)^{18} \cdot (-1)^3(16\cdot 17\cdot 18) \cdot (1\cdot 2\cdot 3) \\ &= 1\cdot -21\cdot 6\\ &= -1\pmod{25} =24\pmod{25}.\end{align*}</cmath>
 
 
 
Using the fact that <math>2^{10}=1024\equiv -1\pmod{25}</math>,we can deduce that <math>2^{21}\equiv 2\pmod{25}</math>. Therefore <math>N=\frac M{2^{21}}\equiv \frac {24}2\pmod{25}=12\pmod{25}</math>.
 
 
 
Finally, combining with the fact that <math>N\equiv 0\pmod 4</math> yields <math>n=\boxed{\textbf{(A)}\ 12}</math>.
 
== Solution 2(bash) ==
 
First, we list out all the numbers
 
<math>90!=2^{65}3^{44}5^{21}7^{13}11^813^617^519^423^329^331^237^241^243^2\cdot47\cdot53\cdot\cdot\cdot89</math>
 
 
 
== See also ==
 
{{AMC10 box|year=2010|num-b=23|num-a=25|ab=A}}
 
 
 
[[Category:Intermediate Number Theory Problems]]
 
{{MAA Notice}}
 

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