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Number theory Difficulty 1.0 Junior Find the answer United Kingdom

The number 840840 can be written as p!q!\frac{p!}{q!}, where pp and qq are positive integers less than 1010. What is the value of p+qp + q? Note that, n!=1×2×3××(n1)×nn! = 1 \times 2 \times 3 \times \cdots \times (n-1) \times n.

(A) 88 (B) 99 (C) 1010 (D) 1212 (E) 1515

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