Question: The Other Day I was asked What is the factorial of 100?
Options:
a) 9.3326215443944E+157
b) 8.32535543555345+143
c) 10.943t578057945+234
d) None of the Above
Answer: a) 9.3326215443944E+157. Though this approx. The number of trailing zeros in 100 is 24. The number of digits in 100 factorial is 158. The factorial of 100 is calculated, through its definition, this way:
100! = 100 • 99 • 98 • 97 • 96 … 3 • 2 • 1
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