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The number 2^3217 -1 is a very large prime find how many digits it would take to write the number in decimal form. ( Hint: Log 2 is an interesting irrational number It's the power of 10 that gives 2, in the same way, that 3 is the power of 10 that gives 100. Your calculator can calculate log 2)

 Feb 9, 2018
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The number is a very large prime find how many digits it would take to write the number in decimal form. ( Hint: Log 2 is an interesting irrational number It's the power of 10 that gives 2, in the same way, that 3 is the power of 10 that gives 100. Your calculator can calculate log 2)

 

lety=23217log(y)=log(23217)log(y)=3217log(2)log(y)32170.301029995log(y)968.413496110log(y)10968.413496110log(y)100.413496110968y2.5910968232172.59109682321712.5910968

This is an integer, so the number is 2 followed by 968 more digits.

So the the number is 969 digits long

 Feb 9, 2018

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