DAY 38 ![]()
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Comment
(5 x2)! is 10! which is 10 x 9 x 8 x ... x 1.
Answer
(5 x 2)! is larger than 5! x 2..
Readers' methods
C Griffin, Wrecclesham:
I used a calculator.
5! x 2 is 120 x 2 which is 240;
(5 x 2)! is (10!) which is 3628800.
Len Dacre, Eastbourne:
(5 x 2)! is 5! x 10 x 9 x 8 x 7 x 6,
which is much larger than 5! x 2.