The formulas for some sequences include products of consecutive positive integers.
factorial , written as
is the product of the positive integers from 1 to
For example,
An example of formula containing a
factorial is
The sixth term of the sequence can be found by substituting 6 for
The factorial of any whole number
is
We can therefore also think of
as
Factorial
n factorial is a mathematical operation that can be defined using a recursive formula. The factorial of
denoted
is defined for a positive integer
as:
The special case
is defined as
Can factorials always be found using a calculator?
No. Factorials get large very quickly—faster than even exponential functions! When the output gets too large for the calculator, it will not be able to calculate the factorial.
Writing the terms of a sequence using factorials
Write the first five terms of the sequence defined by the explicit formula
Step 1: Find the mean. To find the mean, add up all the scores, then divide them by the number of scores. ...
Step 2: Find each score's deviation from the mean. ...
Step 3: Square each deviation from the mean. ...
Step 4: Find the sum of squares. ...
Step 5: Divide the sum of squares by n – 1 or N.
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Bhartdarshan' is an internet-based travel agency wherein customer can see videos of the cities they plant to visit. The number of hits daily is a normally distributed random variable with a mean of 10,000 and a standard deviation of 2,400
a. what is the probability of getting more than 12,000 hits?
b. what is the probability of getting fewer than 9,000 hits?
Bhartdarshan'is an internet-based travel agency wherein customer can see videos of the cities they plan to visit. The number of hits daily is a normally distributed random variable with a mean of 10,000 and a standard deviation of 2,400.
a. What is the probability of getting more than 12,000 hits