Given a fixed real number $c$, define a random sequence $(X_n)_{n\ge 0}$ by the following random process:
- $X_0 = c$ (with probability 1).
- For $n>0$, $X_n = U_n X_{n-1}$ where $U_n$ is a real number chosen at random between zero and one, uniformly, and independently of all previous choices $(U_m)_{m<n}$.
If we desire there to be precisely a 25% probability that $X_{100}<1$, then this can be arranged by fixing $c$ such that $\log_{10} c \approx 46.27$.
Suppose now that $c$ is set to a different value, so that there is precisely a 25% probability that $X_{10\,000\,000}<1$.
Find $\log_{10} c$ and give your answer rounded to two places after the decimal point.
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