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Large exponents 2007-02-09
From Nick:
I am trying to figure out an extremely large number. It relates to the estimated number of bacterial divisions in 12775 generations of bacteria.
The problem I need to solve is:
2^12775 or 2 to the power of 12,775.

Answered by Stephen La Rocque and Penny Nom.
 
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