Lesson 6
The Octal System
From eight to ten
Page 189
Your answer :
13.48 = 1( 81 ) + 3( 80 ) + 4( 10 − 1 ) .
Look at your answer a minute. What would a power of 10 be doing in the expansion of an octal number. The digits in an octal number on both sides of the point (in this case, an octal point) are coefficients of powers of 8.
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