Q:a)the number 10 to the power 100 (10000 sexdecillion) is called a googol! if it takes 1/5 second o write a zero and 1/10 sec to write a 'one',how long would it take to write a number 100 googols in full?

Question

b)the number 10 to power of a googol is called a googolplex.using the same speed of writing,how long in years would it take to write 1 googolplex in full?you may assume that ur pen has enough ink.

Answer 1

b) 10^100 times? what is 1/5sec+(1/10)*10^100 seconds?
.2+ .1*10^100=.2+10^99 seconds.

now, in years.
time= (.2+10^99)sec*1hr/3600sec*1day/24hr*1yr/365.25days= you do it. I would drop the .2 second term.

Answer 2

whats the answer for part (a)

Answer 3

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