How many digits are in the number 50^8 × 8^3 × 11^2 x 10^4?	Choose the correct answer
A) 22 B) 20 C) 19 D) 18 E) 17
Whenever you are asked to find the number of digits, try to bring the number in multiples of 10. This way, we can wasily calculate the umber of 0's through the powers of 10   50^8 × 8^3 × 11^2 x 10^4 = (5^2*2)^8*2^9*11^2 *10^4= 5^16*2^17*11^2*10^4 = 2*11^2*10^16*10^4 = 242*10^16 x 10^4   Hence we would have 16 trailing 0's and the three digits from 242   Total digits = 3 + 20= 
<gadget id="calculator">3 + 20</gadget>
<output>23</output>
23   Correct Option: 18
<result>D</result>
How many digits are in the number 50^8 × 8^3 × 11^2 x 10^4?