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Prime Factor (Posted on 2006-05-12) Difficulty: 4 of 5
Determine the largest 3 - digit prime factor of 2000 C 1000.

n C r denotes the number of combinations of n things taking r at a time.

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Some Thoughts What am I missing? | Comment 2 of 8 |

Isn't 2000 C 1000 just equal to:
2000 * 1999 * 1998 * ... 1002 * 1001?


It seems to me that this is divisible by every prime less than 2000.

The largest 3 digit prime = 997

I must be missing something.


  Posted by Steve Herman on 2006-05-12 12:37:29
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