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Find the greatest common divisor of 886! + 1 and 887!.

 Jan 2, 2020
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Hint: What makes the question seem hard is the big numbers. Try a few examples that are smaller like gcd(2!+1,3!), gcd(3!+1,4!), gcd(4!+1,5!), etc.

Then, try to find a way to generalize this.

When you see such a problem, think about your how relate the factors of the numbers and the definitions of the numbers.

 Jan 2, 2020
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Just divide: 887! / (886! + 1) =887 - The GCD - accurate to 1 part in 2,231.

 Jan 2, 2020

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