Problem Solving (PS) | If 6^k is a factor of (40!), what is the greatest possible value of k?

6 is not a prime number but we make a 6 by multiplying 2 with 3 which are prime individually. To get the number of 6s in 40!, we just need to find the number of 3s because the number of 3s will be fewer than the number of 2s.
The power of 3 in 40! is 18.

So option with 18.

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