PP1 (Shorter) Quant Section 2 (Hard) Q10

<p><span style="color:#27ae60;"><span style="font-size:20px;">Solving the Problem</span></span></p> <p>We&#39;re asked to find the lowest value of $n$ for which the inequality holds true.</p> <p>Firstly, since the left-hand side is a fraction, let&#39;s also convert the right-hand side to a fraction. $0.001$ is equivalent to $\frac{1}{1000}$ or $\frac{1}{10^3}$.</p> <p>So, our equation now looks like this:</p> <p>$\frac{1}{2^n}&lt;\frac{1}{10^3}$</p> <p>Now, let&#39;s multiply both sides by $2^n$ and $10^3$ to get rid of the fractions:</p> <p>$10^3&lt;2^n$</p> <p>Now, we just need to find a value of $n$, such that $2^n$ will be bigger than $1000$.</p> <ul> <li>Since the question asks for the least value, we can start with the smallest answer choice $10$, and try evaluating $2^10$: we can see that we get $1024$, which is bigger than $1000$.</li> <li>If we reduce our $n$ value to $9$, $2^9=512$ is too small</li> <li>So, the lowest suitable integer value of $n$ would be $10$</li> </ul> <p>So, our answer must be <span style="color:#27ae60;">A</span>.</p>