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 and 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
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For any positive integer say k x to have at most 10 digits ,it must satisfy the condition-
k x ≤ 1 0 1 0 − 1 b u t 1 0 1 0 − 1 ≈ 1 0 1 0 hence
k x ≤ 1 0 1 0
x ln k ≤ 1 0 ln 1 0
x ≤ 1 0 ln k ln 1 0
for k = 2 , n ≤ 3 3 . 2 1 9
for k = 3 , p ≤ 2 0 . 9 5 9
Hence n = 3 3 and p = 2 0
n − p = 1 3