i know its not possible but what is the estimate it would take to count that high if you say each number right after the next?
2007-08-11 08:02:49 · 9 answers · asked by hunda b 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Mathematics
the answer in minutes is googolplex divided by the count of numbers you can manage in a minute. ©
Clearer example,
if you can count one to ten in one second, then to count to 100
you need 100/10 = 10 seconds.
you have to be really really fast in your head.
2007-08-11 08:13:26 · answer #1 · answered by Alam Ko Iyan 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You acknowledge that it's not possible, so an estimate would be meaningless. If you could count the numbers instantaneously, it would take no time at all. If it took you one second to count each number, it would take you longer than the current age of the universe. The universe is 13.7 billion years old, which is 432,043,200,000,000,000 seconds (but, clearly, not an exact figure). That's only about 1 / (2 x 10^82) of a googol seconds, and a googol is only the number of zeroes in the number you want to count to.
2007-08-11 08:07:33 · answer #2 · answered by DavidK93 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Lets see ... if you count 10 numbers a second, and don't stop for sleep ... you could count 864,000 a day. If you live for 1000 years, that brings you up to about 3 x 10^10. If you live for a million years, you would be at 3 x 10^13, and if you live for a billion years, you would up to 3 x 10^16.
A billion billion years would be long enough to get to about 3 x 10^16000000, which is a very small fraction of 10^100...<95 more zeros>...000.
2007-08-11 08:16:15 · answer #3 · answered by morningfoxnorth 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
1 googolplex = 1x10^100
Counting one digit per second gives you 1x10^100 seconds.
Let's break this down a little:
There are 31556926 seconds in a year, which is: 3.1556926x10^7 seconds
Let's call this 3x10^7 seconds. The reminder won't matter at all in this calculation.
How many of these seconds are there in a googoleplex?
(1x10^100)/(3x10^7) = 3x10^92
Now.....1 billion is 1x10^9
There are 1x10^83 billion seconds, which is the equivalent of years.....we stated that from the beginning that we were working in chunks of seconds equal to years.
So we're dealing with a number of years about equal to:
a billion billion billion billion billion billion billion billion billion billion years......if you counted one per second. Half this number of you counted twice as fast.
It's kind of a big number and it would kinda take you a long time.
2007-08-11 08:29:52 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
One problem you'll run into is that most of the numbers don't have names like "257 quintillion 317 quadrillion, 105 trillion, 177 billion, 65 million, 612 thousand, 107." And that number would take you several seconds to name... even in your head. My guess is that a lot of them will take a minute... or more... to think
if you were to write the numbers out, it would take about 10⁴³ cubic light years of paper.
You better get started.... it's going to take you about 2x10³⁸ years... I think.
2007-08-11 08:57:52 · answer #5 · answered by gugliamo00 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
y would u want 2 count 2 googolplex?
2007-08-11 08:06:38 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
well its 10 10 100 so do the math
2007-08-11 08:08:02 · answer #7 · answered by Patrick D 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It could take a few months or a year maybe.. but WHY?
How bored are you?
2007-08-11 08:05:38 · answer #8 · answered by Sara 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
most likely till the day you die so start NOW
2014-11-20 12:25:49 · answer #9 · answered by Mighty Magician 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋