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Unread post by Bangladeshi pranjib » Sun Jul 31, 2011 9:44 pm

what is the sum of 10^10+10^10^2+10^10^3+10^10^4+...............+10^10^10

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Unread post by saanikcsejnu » Sun Aug 14, 2011 7:45 pm

Is result 10^10^55?

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Unread post by kamrul2010 » Fri Jan 06, 2012 1:11 am

Just replace 10^10 with $x$, then calculate it, then again put the value of $x$.
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Unread post by Phlembac Adib Hasan » Sun Jan 15, 2012 6:57 pm

No,No.You made a mistake.
$10^{10^2}\neq (10^{10})^2 $
It means $10^{100} $.As far as I remember, it is an exercise of The Art and Craft of Problem Solving.
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