2024 AMC 12B Problems/Problem 6
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[hide]Problem 6
The national debt of the United States is on track to reach dollars by . How many digits does this number of dollars have when written as a numeral in base 5? (The approximation of as is sufficient for this problem)
Solution 1
The number of digits is just . Note that
Hence, our answer is
~tsun26
Solution 2
We see that and . Converting this to base gives us (trust me it doesn't take that long). So the final number in base is with zeroes at the end, which gives us digits. So the answer is .
~sidkris
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