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Least possible value of k

by Vemuri » Sat Apr 18, 2009 5:47 am
If k is an integer 0.0010101 x 10^k is greater than 1000, what is the least possible value of k?

A. 2
B. 3
C. 4
D. 5
E. 6

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by m&m » Sat Apr 18, 2009 6:49 am
by moving the decimal to the right one place you increase k by 1. SO:

0.0010101 x 10^0 = 0.0010101 < 1000
0.0010101 x 10^1 = 0.010101 < 1000
0.0010101 x 10^2 = 0.10101 < 1000
0.0010101 x 10^3 = 1.0101 < 1000
0.0010101 x 10^4 = 10.101 < 1000
0.0010101 x 10^5 = 101.01 < 1000
0.0010101 x 10^6 = 1010.1 > 1000

so the answer is k=6, E
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