googol written in scientific notation??

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googol written in scientific notation??

i know that it has 1 and 100 0's after it but i dont know how to put it into scientific notation i think its 10 x 100 but im not sure

2007-11-01 17:18:38 · 3 answers · asked by Natedogg 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Mathematics

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1E100

2007-11-01 17:35:03 · answer #1 · answered by ideaquest 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋

Use simple examples to figure it out. You know that:

1 = 1.0 * 10^0 (because 1 doesn't have any zeroes after it)
10 = 1.0 * 10^1 (because 10 has 1 zero)
100 = 1.0 * 10^2 (because 100 has 2 zeroes)
1 followed by 100 zeroes = 1.0 * 10^100

2007-11-02 00:23:50 · answer #2 · answered by ecolink 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋

I would think its 1.0 * 10^100.

2007-11-02 00:24:03 · answer #3 · answered by Paul R 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋