A quick math question.

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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=
one gogoplex
 
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=
one gogoplex

Not even close.

Even in 1-point font size you would require several million times the width of the known universe to write down a googolplex, and use up more ink than several hundred times the total amount of matter in the known universe.

A googol is a 1 followed by a hundred zeroes. A googolplex is a 1 followed by a googol of zeroes. What you wrote down was a googol.
 
Not even close.

Even in 1-point font size you would require several million times the width of the known universe to write down a googolplex, and use up more ink than several hundred times the total amount of matter in the known universe.

A googol is a 1 followed by a hundred zeroes. A googolplex is a 1 followed by a googol of zeroes. What you wrote down was a googol.

So,

1000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 x 1000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000

= One googolplex?
 
So,

1000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 x 1000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000

= One googolplex?

No.

A googol is 10^100.
A googolplex is 10^10^100.

Look at it this way.
A hundred is one followed by two zeroes: 1x10^2 or 100
A googol is one followed by a hundred zeroes: 1x10^100 or 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

Notice the colossal difference between a hundred and a hundred zeroes?

A googolplex is one followed by a googol of zeroes - not a googol multiplied by a googol ([1 x 10^100] x [1 x 10^100]) which would be 1 x 10^200, but 10 raised to the power of a googol. In order to write down all of the zeroes in a googol in even 1pt font you'd need 1 x 10^69 times the total width of the known universe, and 1 x 10^82 times its age before you finished.
 
Yeah I think I'm better off if I google it. :p

Anyway, my question was well answered by Famine (too bad I have to rep other people if I wanna +rep him again)...and I thank everyone for helping out.

Arrivederci!
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