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Thursday, 13 June 2019

How to Show Zero Factorial Equals to 1?

We write 5 factorial = 5!
We find it 5! = 5×4×3×2×1
Similarly we write, 4! = 4×3×2×1
Now, we can write, 5! = 5×4!
Hence n! = n(n-1)!
Put n = 1 then,
1! = 1(1-1)!
1=0![ here 1! = 1 and 1× 0!=0!
Hence we can how that 0!=1.

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