Question

how on earth am i supposed to solve this question:
if x!=120, find x.

Answer 1

guess and check

Answer 2

\[x!=x(x-1)(x-2)\cdots\]

Answer 3

\[4!=4\times 3\times 2=24\] nope

Answer 4

Start with 2! and work your way up.

Answer 5

It shouldn't take long.

Answer 6

\[0!=1\]\[1!=1\]\[2!=2\]\[3!=6\]\[4!=24\]\[5!=\]

Answer 7

so x would be 5! ?

Answer 8

x would be 5

Answer 9

x=5, not 5!

Answer 10

(Unless you're very excited about x=5 !!!!)

Answer 11

thanks! you guys are all helpful :)

Answer 12

Yep, we rock. ;-)
*is smug*

\\[high fives all-around \\]

Answer 13

and here i thought x != 120 meant x is not equal to 120...it seems math got new fancy signs now

Answer 14

space delimiter

Answer 15

@lgbasallote yep, we got \\[\not= \\] for that sort of thing now..

Answer 16

@Igbasallote: i like ur profile pic!

Answer 17

i was referring to the ! as factorial being new not the !=

Answer 18

and by the way... use \(\backslash [ \backslash]\)

Answer 19

@lgbasallote if I did that, then you wouldn't be able to see the code..