Rules:
- Only basic operations (+, -, *, /, ^) and the factorial (!) are allowed.
- No concatenation (i.e. 34, 12, 125, etc).
- Parentheses are allowed.
- All numbers must be used (omitting numbers is not allowed).
- Each number can be used only once (i.e no $2^2$ or $3+3$ or $5! * 5$ or anything like that)
Examples: $(1+2)^3 + 4! + 5! = 171$ or $(-1+2)*(3!+4!)*5 = 150 $
I know this is an oddly specific question, but I'm asking this question on behalf of someone else who is trying to make as many positive integers as possible using these rules. 170 is the only 'gap' they have on their spreadsheet at the moment, and I'd like to help them resolve it. We'd appreciate any assistance, and I apologize in advance if this question doesn't meet the guidelines of MSE.
EDIT: If it is not possible to construct a combination that yields 170, is there a way to prove it?
EDIT #2: I want to apologize. It turns out I missed a rule. It is now written below.
- The numbers must in ascending order. (i.e. 1 before 2, 2 before 3, etc).
(Posted before the OP's second edit.) $$170 = 5! + ((3! \times 4) + 1)\times 2.$$