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2023 AMC 12A Problems/Problem 4

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The following problem is from both the 2023 AMC 10A #5 and 2023 AMC 12A #4, so both problems redirect to this page.

Problem

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

$\textbf{(A)}~14\qquad\textbf{(B)}~15\qquad\textbf{(C)}~16\qquad\textbf{(D)}~17\qquad\textbf{(E)}~18\qquad$

Solution 1

Prime factorizing this gives us $2^{15}\cdot3^{5}\cdot5^{15}=10^{15}\cdot3^5=243\cdot10^{15}$.

$10^{15}$ has $15$ digits and $243$ = $2.43*10^{2}$ gives us $3$ more digits. $16+2=\text{\boxed{\textbf{(E) }18}}$

$2.43*10^{17}$ has $18$ digits

~zhenghua

Solution 2 (Only if you don't know how to do the rest of the problems and have about 20 minutes left, not recommended)

Multiplying it out, we get that $8^5 \cdot 5^{10} \cdot 15^5 = 243000000000000000$. Counting, we have the answer is $\text{\boxed{\textbf{(E) }18}}$ ~andliu766

Video Solution by Math-X (First understand the problem!!!)

https://youtu.be/GP-DYudh5qU?si=1RDs-j8Cedw02bID&t=983


Video Solution (easy to digest) by Power Solve

https://youtu.be/Od1Spf3TDBs

Video Solution by CosineMethod [🔥Fast and Easy🔥]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=laHiorWO1zo

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See Also

2023 AMC 10A (Problems • Answer Key • Resources)
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Problem 4 		Followed by
Problem 6
1 • 2 • 3 • 4 • 5 • 6 • 7 • 8 • 9 • 10 • 11 • 12 • 13 • 14 • 15 • 16 • 17 • 18 • 19 • 20 • 21 • 22 • 23 • 24 • 25
All AMC 10 Problems and Solutions
2023 AMC 12A (Problems • Answer Key • Resources)
Preceded by
Problem 3 		Followed by
Problem 5
1 • 2 • 3 • 4 • 5 • 6 • 7 • 8 • 9 • 10 • 11 • 12 • 13 • 14 • 15 • 16 • 17 • 18 • 19 • 20 • 21 • 22 • 23 • 24 • 25
All AMC 12 Problems and Solutions

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