What is the length of the base-10 numeral when expressed in base-3?
Express your answer in base-10.
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The length of the numeral 1 9 1 2 3 4 will be 1 more than the highest power of 3 which divides 1 9 1 2 3 4 . We can formulate this into logarithms and then simplify the answer.
= ⌊ lo g 3 1 9 1 2 3 4 ⌋ + 1 = ⌊ 1 2 3 4 lo g 3 1 9 ⌋ + 1
Since lo g 3 1 9 ≈ 2 . 6 8 ,
= 3 3 0 7 + 1 = 3 3 0 8