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)
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)≈3217∗0.301029995log(y)≈968.413496110log(y)≈10968.413496110log(y)≈100.4134961∗10968y≈2.59∗1096823217≈2.59∗1096823217−1≈2.59∗10968
This is an integer, so the number is 2 followed by 968 more digits.
So the the number is 969 digits long