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Self Power to Googol (Posted on 2023-03-27) Difficulty: 3 of 5
Find x such that

xx = 10100

See The Solution Submitted by Charlie    
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Solution easy way / hard way | Comment 1 of 4
Easy way:
Base 10 log both sides: xlog(x)=100
graph y=xlogx and y=100 and see where they cross

https://www.desmos.com/calculator/tte3op9ayp

From which x=56.961

Harder way:
Use Lambert W function, the inverse of f(x)=x*e^x
Let x=e^t
then take the natural logarithm of both sides
100ln10 = t*e^t
t = W(100ln10) 
x= e^W(100ln10)

Implementing formula for this function is very messy (open the set-up tab in the link below.) I didn't make the initial Desmos graph, but I added to it to solve this problem

https://www.desmos.com/calculator/4voqqbelmc

From which x=56.9612484323

(WolframAlpha agrees with the above and can give even more precision.)

  Posted by Jer on 2023-03-27 14:11:25
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