Asked by Sandy

Express the following number in scientific notation:

23^941

How do i get the answer for this? on my graphing calc, i get an error overflow messasge when i try to compute it.

THANK YOU!!!!!
Answered by Damon
x = 23^941
log x = 941 log 23 = 1281
x = 10^log x = 10^1281
Answered by Damon
See, sometimes you can out smart that calculator :)
Answered by Sandy
what is the decimal number that comes before 10^1281?

For example x.xxxx * 10^1281

How do i find out the decimal x.xxxx?

Thanks For helping me!
Answered by Steve
10^1281 is a 1 followed by 1281 zeroes.

The number before that is 1281 nines.