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Mathematics · True or False?

A googol is a very small number

The answer is False.

Explanation

A googol is 10^100, which is a one followed by one hundred zeros. It is even larger than the estimated number of atoms in the observable universe, which is ~10^80. Fun fact: there also exists a googolplex which is 10^googol (10^10^100), so a one followed by a googol zeros. It is so incredibly large that you wouldn't have enough space in the universe to write it down if you were writing each digit on one atom.

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