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Can someone tell me what 5.5! means
On the formulary page it is said to equal 287.825....

I only know factorials to be used on whole numbers.
 Sep 30, 2013
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5.5! reads as "five point five factorial." I don't know what it means for non-whole numbers to be factorial, but I know that when you have a whole number factorial then you multiply all the whole numbers less than that number by the number. (i.e.: 6! = 6x5x4x3x2x1 = 720)
 Sep 30, 2013
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Thanks but I know what 5! is.
5.5! is included as one of the standard functions on this site as shown in my attachment and it works on this site's calculator, but, I have never seen it before and it does not work on my standard CASIO calculator. I was hoping that a site manager (or someone else) could explain it to me.
 Oct 1, 2013

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