Stage: 5 Challenge Level: 
First prove that $k \times k! = (k+1)! - k!$
Factorials. Powers & roots. alphas. Stage 5 - Reviewed 2012. Inequality/inequalities. epsilons. Short problems. Mathematical reasoning & proof. Manipulating algebraic expressions/formulae. Summation of series.
Published September 2002.
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