X = 10^10^100
What does that mean?
X=(1010)100 X=10(10100)
Please reply with reason.
Hmmm... I'm sorry for not explaining the exponent towers earlier. I'll try my best to give a logical explanation on why exponent towers should be evaluated from the top downward despite it possibly being counterintuitive. To answer your original question, 1010100=10(10100)
Let's use the variables a, b, and c and suppose that abc=(ab)c=abc, then the existence of exponent towers would be completely unnecessary as only one level of the exponent would ever be necessary; there must be a reason for such notation to exist.
Another reason is that it is consistent with the order of operations. Exponents is a level below parentheses when it comes to priority, but the order of operations applys to the power, too. Here's an example:
22+3=25=32
32∗2=34=81
And therefore, you must evaluate the exponent within the exponent. Does this make sense?
I learned today that even modern-day programs calculate have ambiguity in the matter. Excel 2013 is an example, as 232 outputs 64 as opposed to 256. In the future,
X = (10^10)^100 = (10,000,000,000)^100 = 10^(10*100) = 10^1,000.
X = 10^(10^100) = 10^(1 + 100 zeroes) = 10 ^ 10 ^ 100 = 10^googol.
Hmmm... I'm sorry for not explaining the exponent towers earlier. I'll try my best to give a logical explanation on why exponent towers should be evaluated from the top downward despite it possibly being counterintuitive. To answer your original question, 1010100=10(10100)
Let's use the variables a, b, and c and suppose that abc=(ab)c=abc, then the existence of exponent towers would be completely unnecessary as only one level of the exponent would ever be necessary; there must be a reason for such notation to exist.
Another reason is that it is consistent with the order of operations. Exponents is a level below parentheses when it comes to priority, but the order of operations applys to the power, too. Here's an example:
22+3=25=32
32∗2=34=81
And therefore, you must evaluate the exponent within the exponent. Does this make sense?
I learned today that even modern-day programs calculate have ambiguity in the matter. Excel 2013 is an example, as 232 outputs 64 as opposed to 256. In the future,