be careful what you ask...

Posted by T.Gracken on September 11, 2002 at 17:26:16:

In Reply to: 156 factorial posted by sil on September 11, 2002 at 16:32:40:

: could anyone give my an enormous approximation of 156 factorial

if you ask for an approximation (with no specifics) then no matter what number someone writes must be considered correct... so if I was feeling like a smart*ss I could say 1,000,000 as it is an approximation and in my mind it is an enormous number.

However, if you want a bit more accuracy, just use the calculator feature included with your desktop (windows & mac provide them with their operating system) and you will get

7.4710629262828944470838093729383*10²⁷⁵

...or (approximately) a 7 followed by 275 zeros.

the biggest number I know the name of is a google (a 1 followed by 100 zeros)

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• I'll see your google & raise you a googleplex! Joel 18:52:05 09/11/02 (2)
  • Oops, googolplex (10^googol) Joel 18:59:07 09/11/02 (1)
    • thanks... I hope I remember that -nt- T.Gracken 21:38:54 09/11/02 (0)

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