Math error!

Algebra Level 3

I have this calculator which has a 10 digit number display capacity and a number more than 10 digits when asked to be computed, it says " math error ". Suppose 2 n 2^n and 3 p 3^p are the highest power's of 2 and 3 respectively that can be computed on my calculator and it does not read " math error ", find n p n-p


The answer is 13.

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1 solution

Saharsh Rathi
Mar 14, 2017

For any positive integer say k x k^{ x } to have at most 10 digits ,it must satisfy the condition-

k x 10 10 1 b u t 10 10 1 10 10 k^{ x }\le { 10 }^{ 10 }-1\quad \quad \quad \quad \quad but\quad \quad \quad\quad { 10 }^{ 10 }-1\approx { 10 }^{ 10 } hence

k x 10 10 { k }^{ x }\le { 10 }^{ 10 }

x ln k 10 ln 10 x\ln { k } \le 10\ln { 10 }

x 10 ln 10 ln k x\le 10\frac { \ln { 10 } }{ \ln { k } }

for k = 2 k=2 , n 33.219 n\le 33.219

for k = 3 k=3 , p 20.959 p\le 20.959

Hence n = 33 n=33 and p = 20 p=20

n p = 13 n-p=13

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