I have this GRE practice question, asking me to find the quantity $$ 3^{3}4^{4}5^{5}6^{6} - 3^{6}4^{5}5^{4}6^{3}$$ will end in how many zeros?
The answer given is $4$, but I don't quite understand how to get it.
I know that for a zero to occur there has to be a multiplication of $5$ and $2$.
So for the first term, I have: $$3^{3}4^{4}5^{5}6^{6} = 3^{9}2^{14}5^{5}$$ and for the second term, I have : $$3^{6}4^{5}5^{4}6^{3} = 3^{9}2^{13}5^{4}.$$
I factor out the common term to get $$3^{9}2^{13}5^{4}(10-1).$$
Not sure where to go from here.
You almost have it.
$$3^92^{13}5^4(10-1)=5^42^42^93^99=10^42^93^99$$
Since $2^93^99$ does not end in zero, the number ends in four zeros.