1971 AHSME Problems/Problem 1

Problem

The number of digits in the number $N=2^{12}\times 5^8$ is

$\textbf{(A) }9\qquad \textbf{(B) }10\qquad \textbf{(C) }11\qquad \textbf{(D) }12\qquad \textbf{(E) }20$

Solution

$N=2^{12}\cdot5^8=2^4\cdot2^8\cdot5^8=2^4\cdot(2\cdot5)^8=2^4\cdot10^8=16\cdot100000000$ , which has $2+8=10$ digits, so the answer is $\boxed{\textbf{(B) }10}$ .

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