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2023 AMC 12A Problem 4

Problem 4 of 25EasierNumber Theory

How many digits are in the base-ten representation of 85510155?8^5\cdot 5^{10}\cdot 15^5?

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Writing everything in primes, 85510155=2155103555=35215515. \begin{gathered} 8^5\cdot 5^{10}\cdot 15^5\\ {}=2^{15}\cdot 5^{10}\cdot 3^5\cdot 5^5\\ {}=3^5\cdot 2^{15}\cdot 5^{15}. \end{gathered} This equals 351015=2431015,3^5\cdot 10^{15}=243\cdot 10^{15}, which is 243243 followed by 1515 zeros, for a total of 1818 digits. Thus, the correct answer is E.

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Concepts: prime factorization · digits

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