I'm doing a project for math & in one of the problems it included putting the decimal .00258333 to the 252nd power. I tried using multiple calculators and they all show up as error. Can anybody help me with this? (P.s. You're not giving me the answer to the problem bc I have more steps, but I'm stumped on this part) Thanks xx :)

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anonymous · Answer

you are trying to do this 0.00258333^252 ?

anonymous · Answer

Yeah

anonymous · Answer

The result is pratically zero... take a look http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=0.00258333%5E252

anonymous · Answer

I kept getting that too, but I didn't think it was right :/

anonymous · Answer

look:
0.00258333 = 258333/100000000
100000000 > 258333 right?

anonymous · Answer

(258333/100000000)^252, the denominator is way much larger compared with the numerator and that's why it is practically zero

anonymous · Answer

got it?

anonymous · Answer

Ohhh, okay! Thanks!

anonymous · Answer

;)