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What is a googol?

Updated: 11/3/2022
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A googol is a 1 with 100 zeroes after it. Basically, it's this 10,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,

000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 or 10100.

Googol History and facts...

In 1938, mathematician Edward Kasner wanted to show his students that a number could be fantastically large - so big that it would boggle your mind- and still not reach anywhere near infinity. His number ended up being a 1 with a 100 zeros after it. Since it needed a name, he asked his nine-year-old nephew what it should be. Milton realized that a enormous number should have a silly name. The winner was googol.

BTW,

there's a number thats called a googolplex. Thats a 1 with a googol zeros after it.

AMAZING, RIGHT?

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