Re: what is 10 to the 40th power

Date: Wed Feb 24 07:07:01 1999
Posted By: Dan Berger, MadSci Admin
Area of science: Science History
ID: 919733758.Sh

Message:


10 raised to any power is equal to a 1 followed by that many zeroes. For 
example, 10^1 (10 to the first power) is 1 followed by one zero, or 10. 10^4 
is 1 followed by 4 zeroes, or 10000 (ten thousand).

So 10^40 is 1 followed by 40 zeroes.

By the way, this only works because we use a "decimal" number system, that is, 
a number system based on powers of 10.

                                           Dan Berger
                                           MadSci Admin

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