Count the digits

Algebra Level pending

How many digits are there in the number 12 5 100 125^{100} ?


The answer is 210.

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2 solutions

Freddie Hand
Feb 12, 2017

12 5 100 = 5 300 = 1 0 300 2 300 125^{100}=5^{300}=\frac{10^{300}}{2^{300}}

Also, 2 300 = 102 4 30 = 1 0 90 × 1.02 4 30 2^{300}=1024^{30}=10^{90}\times 1.024^{30}

Therefore, 12 5 100 = 1 0 210 1.02 4 30 125^{100}=\frac{10^{210}}{1.024^{30}}

By estimation with the binomial expansion, we can estimate that 1 < 1.02 4 30 < 10 1<1.024^{30}<10

Therefore, 12 5 100 125^{100} has 210 digits.

Achal Jain
Feb 13, 2017

The number of digits of a number raised to some power is

for e.g in a x a^{x} In base 10

x l o g a + 1 \left\lfloor xloga \right\rfloor +1

So the answer comes out to be

100 l o g 125 + 1 \left\lfloor 100log125 \right\rfloor +1 = 210 210

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