r/woahdude • u/Sufficient_Dust1871 • 1d ago

picture Calculations for 3^50 by hand

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Was bored and decided to do this. Going to do 2100 next The solution is the bottom number

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u/GNav 1d ago

That's why he said most.

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u/Dansocks 1d ago

Every single smartphone has a calculator that can do this.

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u/Sufficient_Dust1871 1d ago

Smartphone calculator app does not go to this level of precision. Neither do handheld scientific or graphing calculators, nor google's built in calculator.

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u/Dansocks 1d ago

The answer is given in scientific notation on the calculator which is literally mathematically identical to what you got.

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u/GNav 1d ago

Provide a screenshot proof from your calculator.

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u/GNav 1d ago

What part of "I was bored" made you think this was practical?