2011 AMC 8 Problems/Problem 15

Problem

How many digits are in the product $4^5 \cdot 5^{10}$ ?

$\textbf{(A) } 8 \qquad\textbf{(B) } 9 \qquad\textbf{(C) } 10 \qquad\textbf{(D) } 11 \qquad\textbf{(E) } 12$

$4^5 \cdot 5^{10} = 2^{10} \cdot 5^{10} = 10^{10}.$

That is one $1$ followed by ten $0$ 's, which is $\boxed{\textbf{(D)}\ 11}$ digits.

$4^5$ has $4$ digits while $5^{10}$ has $7$ digits. This means that $4^5 \cdot 5^{10}$ has a total of $7+4=\boxed{\textbf{(D)} 11}$ digits.

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