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by trial and error, find the largest number that can be added to 6.022× 1023 without changing its displayed value (as shown on the screen).

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As mentioned, this is a trial-and-error process. I typed in the Avogadro's number 6.022×10²³ then added the largest number I could think of. Since infinity can be thought of as 99999...(and so on), I thought that the number should all be composed of 9. As I add 9 after one another, I ended with about 10 quadrillion before the display changed to 6.022000001×10²³. Therefore, the largest number is: 9,999,999,999,999,999.
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