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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 $2^{15}\cdot3^{5}\cdot5^{15}=10^{15}\cdot3^5=243\cdot10^{15}$ . $10^{15}$ gives us $15$ digits, and $243$ gives us $3$ digits. $15+3=\text{\boxed{\textbf{(E) }18}}$

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