2003 AIME I Problems/Problem 1
Problem
Given that
where 
and 
are positive integers and is as large as possible, find 
Solution
Note that![\[{{\left((3!)!\right)!}\over{3!}}= {{(6!)!}\over{6}}={{720!}\over6}={{720\cdot719!}\over6}=120\cdot719!.\]](http://latex.artofproblemsolving.com/8/6/8/868eddc32a5e4c6b77ab9b1510ff91597ff430c9.png)
Because 
, we can conclude that 
. Thus, the maximum value of is 
. The requested value of 
is therefore 
.
~yofro
See also
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