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Challenge 437: Factor Pair

A pair of problems that might yield to clever factorisation.

Feel free to submit a solution to either or both of these problems!

(1) Show that, for all values of n > 1, n5 - n is a multiple of 30

(2) Without a calculator, evaluate (7/9) x (26/28) x (63/65) x (124/126) x ... x (7999/8001)