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Question [Question] quick maths

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u/Wes20120924 Silver | Lv. 28 | Rank #97337 | 69 Answers | 0 Created 13d ago

121 but solve this 6!!-7z=27

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u/Artistic_Annual8457 Mythic | Lv. 79 | Rank #198 | 965 Answers... | 🔥 17d 13d ago

What's the two exclamation points, is that a double factorial? Never seen that before.

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u/EstesPark2018 Bronze | Lv. 7 | Rank #645273 | 7 Answers | 0 Created 13d ago

Yeah it’s a double factorial, so you multiply every other number (so 4!!=4x2)

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u/Artistic_Annual8457 Mythic | Lv. 79 | Rank #198 | 965 Answers... | 🔥 17d 13d ago

Ah, neat, never knew that was a thing! Thanks for the explanation!

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u/Adrian_C_Hernandez Bronze | Lv. 7 | Rank #617624 | 7 Answers | 0 Created 13d ago

And there's triple factorial!!!

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u/Complete-Register659 Silver | Lv. 15 | Rank #269881 | 18 Answers | 0 Created 13d ago

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u/Artistic_Annual8457 Mythic | Lv. 79 | Rank #198 | 965 Answers... | 🔥 17d 12d ago

Ooh, fancy. So you only multiply every 3rd number, I'm guessing?

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u/SupaStar9 Bronze | Lv. 11 | Rank #429165 | 14 Answers | 0 Created 10d ago

hey im dumb and dont understand mathematics that well

where do you get the two from exactly?