2020 AMC 10B Problems/Problem 12
Problem
The decimal representation of![\[\dfrac{1}{20^{20}}\]](http://latex.artofproblemsolving.com/6/c/e/6ce6559c22b38f698ff7b67ddc88f2d4d89c4084.png)
consists of a string of zeros after the decimal point, followed by a 
and then several more digits. How many zeros are in that initial string of zeros after the decimal point?
Solution 1
![\[\dfrac{1}{20^{20}} \approx \dfrac{1}{(10\cdot2)^{20}}=\dfrac{1}{10^{20}\cdot2^{20}}\]](http://latex.artofproblemsolving.com/b/0/3/b03e79b37c0ef4c234b00eb5212bea72cec10128.png)
Now we do some estimation. Notice that 
, which means that 
is a little more than 
. Multiplying it with 
, we get that the denominator is about 
. Notice that when we divide 
by an 
digit number, there are 
zeros before the first nonzero digit. This means that when we divide by the 
digit integer , there are 
zeros in the initial string after the decimal point. -PCChess
Solution 2
First rewrite 
as 
. Then, we know that when we write this in decimal form, there will be 40 digits after the decimal point. Therefore, we just have to find the number of digits in 
.
and memming 
(alternatively use the fact that 
), $\floor{20\log{5}}+1=\floor{20\cdot0.69}+1=13+1=14$ (Error compiling LaTeX. Unknown error_msg) digits.
Our answer is 
.
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