Spelling Mistake to a company... Wow.

Computer Science Level 2

Which company's name is derived from a spelling mistake made by the child of a mathematician based in California? The actual spelling of that word can be expressed as a b {a}^{b} Find a + b a+b .

Details and Assumptions

  • a , b ∈ N a,b\in \mathbb{N}
  • 100 < a + b < 140 100<a+b<140


The answer is 110.

Mehul Arora by Mehul Arora , 20, India

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Pranjal Jain
Feb 25, 2015

The company is 'Google' derived from 'Googol' which means 1 0 100 10^{100} . Thus, 10 + 100 = 110 10+100=110

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@Mehul Arora I think 1 0 100 = 10 0 50 10^{100}=100^{50} , thus, 100 + 50 = 150 100+50=150 can also be the answer.

Pranjal Jain - 6 years, 3 months ago

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Yeah.. Did not think of that. .. Maybe we should add 100<a+b<150 :P

Mehul Arora - 6 years, 3 months ago

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