Count natural numbers whose factorials are divisible by x but not y

Given two numbers x and y (x <= y), find out the total number of natural numbers, say i, for which i! is divisible by x but not y. 
Examples :

Input : x = 2, y = 5
Output : 3
There are three numbers, 2, 3 and 4
whose factorials are divisible by x
but not y.

Input: x = 15, y = 25
Output: 5
5! = 120 % 15 = 0 && 120 % 25 != 0
6! = 720 % 15 = 0 && 720 % 25 != 0
7! = 5040 % 15 = 0 && 5040 % 25 != 0
8! = 40320 % 15 = 0 && 40320 % 25 != 0
9! = 362880 % 15 = 0 && 362880 % 25 != 0
So total count = 5

Input: x = 10, y = 15
Output: 0

For all numbers greater than or equal to y, their factorials are divisible by y. So all natural numbers to be counted must be less than y.
A simple solution is to iterate from 1 to y-1 and for every number i check if i! is divisible by x and not divisible by y. If we apply this naive approach, we wouldn’t go above 20! or 21! (long long int will have its upper limit) 
A better solution is based on below post. 
Find the first natural number whose factorial is divisible by x
We find the first natural numbers whose factorials are divisible by x! and y! using above approach. Let the first natural numbers whose factorials are divisible by x and y be xf and yf respectively. Our final answer would be yf – xf. This formula is based on the fact that if i! is divisible by a number x, then (i+1)!, (i+2)!, … are also divisible by x.
Below is the implementation. 

C++

// C++ program to count natural numbers whose
// factorials are divisible by x but not y.
#include<bits/stdc++.h>
using namespace std;

// GCD function to compute the greatest
// divisor among a and b
int gcd(int a, int b)
{
    if ((a % b) == 0)
        return b;
    return gcd(b, a % b);
}

// Returns first number whose factorial
// is divisible by x.
int firstFactorialDivisibleNumber(int x)
{
   int i = 1;  // Result
   int new_x = x;

   for (i=1; i<x; i++)
   {
       // Remove common factors
       new_x /= gcd(i, new_x);

       // We found first i.
       if (new_x == 1)
          break;
   }
   return i;
}

// Count of natural numbers whose factorials
// are divisible by x but not y.
int countFactorialXNotY(int x, int y)
{
    // Return difference between first natural
    // number whose factorial is divisible by
    // y and first natural number whose factorial
    // is divisible by x.
    return (firstFactorialDivisibleNumber(y) -
            firstFactorialDivisibleNumber(x));
}

// Driver code
int main(void)
{
    int x = 15, y = 25;
    cout << countFactorialXNotY(x, y);
    return 0;
}

Java

// Java program to count natural numbers whose
// factorials are divisible by x but not y.

class GFG
{
    // GCD function to compute the greatest
    // divisor among a and b
    static int gcd(int a, int b)
    {
        if ((a % b) == 0)
            return b;
        return gcd(b, a % b);
    }

    // Returns first number whose factorial
    // is divisible by x.
    static int firstFactorialDivisibleNumber(int x)
    {
        int i = 1; // Result
        int new_x = x;

        for (i = 1; i < x; i++)
        {
            // Remove common factors
            new_x /= gcd(i, new_x);

            // We found first i.
            if (new_x == 1)
                break;
        }
        return i;
    }

    // Count of natural numbers whose factorials
    // are divisible by x but not y.
    static int countFactorialXNotY(int x, int y)
    {
        // Return difference between first natural
        // number whose factorial is divisible by
        // y and first natural number whose factorial
        // is divisible by x.
        return (firstFactorialDivisibleNumber(y) -
                firstFactorialDivisibleNumber(x));
    }

    // Driver code
    public static void main (String[] args)
    {
        int x = 15, y = 25;
        System.out.print(countFactorialXNotY(x, y));
    }
}

// This code is contributed by Anant Agarwal.

Python3

# Python program to count natural
# numbers whose factorials are
# divisible by x but not y.

# GCD function to compute the greatest
# divisor among a and b
def gcd(a, b):

    if ((a % b) == 0):
        return b

    return gcd(b, a % b)

# Returns first number whose factorial
# is divisible by x.
def firstFactorialDivisibleNumber(x):

    # Result
    i = 1
    new_x = x

    for i in range(1, x):

        # Remove common factors
        new_x /= gcd(i, new_x)

        # We found first i.
        if (new_x == 1):
            break

    return i

# Count of natural numbers whose
# factorials are divisible by x but
# not y.
def countFactorialXNotY(x, y):

    # Return difference between first
    # natural number whose factorial
    # is divisible by y and first
    # natural number whose factorial
    # is divisible by x.
    return (firstFactorialDivisibleNumber(y) -
            firstFactorialDivisibleNumber(x))

# Driver code
x = 15
y = 25

print(countFactorialXNotY(x, y))

# This code is contributed by Anant Agarwal.

C#

// C# program to count natural numbers whose
// factorials are divisible by x but not y.
using System;

class GFG
{

    // GCD function to compute the greatest
    // divisor among a and b
    static int gcd(int a, int b)
    {
        if ((a % b) == 0)
            return b;
        return gcd(b, a % b);
    }

    // Returns first number whose factorial
    // is divisible by x.
    static int firstFactorialDivisibleNumber(int x)
    {
        int i = 1; // Result
        int new_x = x;

        for (i = 1; i < x; i++)
        {

            // Remove common factors
            new_x /= gcd(i, new_x);

            // We found first i.
            if (new_x == 1)
                break;
        }

        return i;
    }

    // Count of natural numbers whose factorials
    // are divisible by x but not y.
    static int countFactorialXNotY(int x, int y)
    {

        // Return difference between first natural
        // number whose factorial is divisible by
        // y and first natural number whose factorial
        // is divisible by x.
        return (firstFactorialDivisibleNumber(y) -
                firstFactorialDivisibleNumber(x));
    }

    // Driver code
    public static void Main ()
    {
        int x = 15, y = 25;

        Console.Write(countFactorialXNotY(x, y));
    }
}

// This code is contributed by nitin mittal.

PHP

<?php
// PHP program to count natural
// numbers whose factorials are
// divisible by x but not y.

// GCD function to compute the
// greatest divisor among a and b
function gcd($a, $b)
{
    if (($a % $b) == 0)
        return $b;
    return gcd($b, $a % $b);
}

// Returns first number whose
// factorial is divisible by x.
function firstFactorialDivisibleNumber($x)
{
    // Result
    $i = 1;
    $new_x = $x;

    for ($i = 1; $i < $x; $i++)
    {
        // Remove common factors
        $new_x /= gcd($i, $new_x);

        // We found first i.
        if ($new_x == 1)
            break;
    }
    return $i;
}

// Count of natural numbers
// whose factorials are divisible
// by x but not y.
function countFactorialXNotY($x, $y)
{
    // Return difference between
    // first natural number whose
    // factorial is divisible by
    // y and first natural number
    // whose factorial is divisible by x.
    return (firstFactorialDivisibleNumber($y) -
            firstFactorialDivisibleNumber($x));
}

// Driver code
$x = 15; $y = 25;
echo(countFactorialXNotY($x, $y));

// This code is contributed by Ajit.
?>

Javascript

<script>

// Javascript program to Merge two sorted halves of
// array Into Single Sorted Array

    // GCD function to compute the greatest
    // divisor among a and b
    function gcd(a, b)
    {
        if ((a % b) == 0)
            return b;
        return gcd(b, a % b);
    }

    // Returns first number whose factorial
    // is divisible by x.
    function firstFactorialDivisibleNumber(x)
    {
        let i = 1; // Result
        let new_x = x;

        for (i = 1; i < x; i++)
        {
            // Remove common factors
            new_x /= gcd(i, new_x);

            // We found first i.
            if (new_x == 1)
                break;
        }
        return i;
    }

    // Count of natural numbers whose factorials
    // are divisible by x but not y.
    function countFactorialXNotY(x, y)
    {
        // Return difference between first natural
        // number whose factorial is divisible by
        // y and first natural number whose factorial
        // is divisible by x.
        return (firstFactorialDivisibleNumber(y) -
                firstFactorialDivisibleNumber(x));
    }


// Driver code

        let x = 15, y = 25;
        document.write(countFactorialXNotY(x, y));

</script>

Output :

5

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