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Evaluate 3!4!/5!8! Simplify your answer as much as possible

User Harrison Fisk
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Answer:

1/33600

Explanation:

3! = 3*2*1 = 6

4! = 4*3*2*1 = 24

5! = 5*4*3*2*1 = 120

8! = 8*7*6*5*4*3*2*1 = 40320

hope you can see the pattern...

3!4!/5!8! = (6)(24)/120(40320) = 1/33600

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