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Sidetrack: Numeral Systems
(cont)
Decimal representation
The
base
is 10; digits 0 - 9
Example: decimal number 4705 can be interpreted as
4·10
3
+ 7·10
2
+ 0·10
1
+ 5·10
0
Place values:
…
1000
100
10
1
…
10
3
10
2
10
1
10
0
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