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[hosseindio]

Hi,

what is an easy way to get the answer to

2 to the power of 50

 

[Steven G]

Hi,

what is an easy way to get the answer to

2 to the power of 50

That really depends on how you want to do it. If you are planning to use a calculator than simply compute 2^50. If my hand then maybe compute 2^5 and multiply that by itself. So you will have [2^5]^2=2^10. Now multiply that result by itself to get 2^20. Multiply by itself to get 2^40. Multiply this result by 2^10 which you already have. This result is your answer. It will be an extremely large number!

 

[Ishuda]

Hi,

what is an easy way to get the answer to

2 to the power of 50

Depends on what you want it for. Is an answer to a couple of percent good enough? If so
2⁵⁰ = (2¹⁰)⁵ =1024⁵ =1.024⁵ 10¹⁵ ~ 1.12 10¹⁵
or
2⁵⁰ ~ 10^{0.301 * 50} = 10^0.05 10¹⁵ ~ (e^2.3)^0.05 10¹⁵ = e^0.115 10¹⁵ ~ 1.115 10¹⁵

 

[pka]

what is an easy way to get the answer to 2 to the power of 50

What a simple question. Look here.

 

[Otis]

What a simple question.

I don't find the question simple; it's not clearly stated.

You provided one of many answers possible to but a single interpretation.

Here's another.

Both are more or less repeats of what Jomo already posted in sentence number two. :cool:

By the way, if you drop the grouping symbols from 2^{50} at wolfram-alpha, you'll get more info. Although, I think their claim that 2^50 is 56 times the number of red blood cells in a human body is off quite a bit. For an average male with healthy weight, 46 times is more accurate. (Source: Mayo Clinic hematology stats)

 

[pka]

By the way, if you drop the grouping symbols from 2^{50} at wolfram-alpha, you'll get more info. Although, I think their claim that 2^50 is 56 times the number of red blood cells in a human body is off quite a bit. For an average male with healthy weight, 46 times is more accurate. (Source: Mayo Clinic hematology stats)

Well that depends upon how much one knows about posting mathematics text.
I know LaTeX coding. Using ^{} will yield \(\displaystyle 2^{50}\) where as without {} we get \(\displaystyle 2^50\).
If you doubt that click the reply with quote option tab.

 

[Otis]

Well [getting extra information from wolfram-alpha] depends upon how much one knows about posting mathematics text.

No it does not (in this case), my friend, because I am not talking about "posting mathematics text".

I'm talking about entering the character string 2^50 in the input field at a particular on-line calculator. One does not require knowledge of LaTex coding to do that.

If you doubt this, try it yourself, and look again.

 

[Otis]

you can dig a hole by hand or use a bulldozer

The OP does not indicate the type of hole or what it will be used for. That's why Jomo answered "depends".

I think we're covered.