Lesson 6
The Octal System
From eight to ten
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You must have reached this answer by evaluating
6(80) as 48.
Any number (except 0) raised to the 0 power = 1. So
80 = 1, and
368
= 3(81) + 6(80)
= 3(8) + 6(1)
= 24 + 6.
Now return to Page 193 and try again.