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Also known as forty-two, forty two,

natural number

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42 is a natural number that comes after 41 and before 43. While it has mathematical properties like any other number, it is perhaps best known in popular culture as "the Answer to the Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe, and Everything" from Douglas Adams' science fiction comedy series "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy."

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42 (number)
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42
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number of decimal digits
2
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