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What does the symbol for factorial function (n!) mean?

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n! = n*(n-1)* (n-2)* ...... right down to 1

For example 5! = 5*4*3*2*1
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it means to multiply all the numbers below n together

example 5! would be 5*4*3*2*1 = 120

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