How many nonzero digits does 1213⋅519 have when written as a decimal?
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1213⋅519=1213⋅513⋅56=1(2⋅5)13⋅56=11013⋅56=10-13⋅156
note I can multiple by 1 whenever I want without changing the value, and 1=(2626), continuing:
=10-13⋅(2626)⋅156
=10-13⋅2626⋅56
=10-13⋅26(2⋅5)6
=10-13⋅26106=10-13⋅10-6⋅26=26⋅10-19
=(23)2⋅10-19=82⋅10-19=64⋅10-19
the 10-19 is only going to change the place of the decimal, not the number of non-zero digits, so the answer is simply 2, the number of digits in 64.
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