Arithmetic of Computers

Arithmetic of Computers

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Lesson 6

The Octal System

From eight to ten

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Your answer :
368 = 7210.
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.
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