Tuesday, April 9, 2013

How many decimal digits are there in 2^(d)?

log x = y, such that 10^(y) = x.

By algebra, 2^d = 10 ^ (d * log(2)) or (d * log(2)) digits.

By experimentation, 2^d = (d * log(2)) + 1 digits. 

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