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To: MineralMan
"Without defining the number system you are using, such statements are false."

If you don't define your number system, then you're talking about base 10. That 10 means 1x10^1 + 0x10^0 is defined in our language, and if you don't specifically state that you're redefining it to mean 1x3^1 + 1x3^0, then 2 + 2 = 11 is wrong. Math books, calculators, and most programming languages work that way.
52 posted on 11/08/2005 9:33:09 AM PST by Sofa King (A wise man uses compromise as an alternative to defeat. A fool uses it as an alternative to victory.)
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To: Sofa King

"If you don't define your number system, then you're talking about base 10. "

Not so. That is your assumption, and it is not accurate. If I am reading a book on programming, there will be a different assumption, depending on the type of computer being programmed.

The moment I write 2+2=11, everyone should know I'm in Base 3. If I write 2+2=10, then I'm in Base 4. In all bases from 5 up, 2+2=4.


54 posted on 11/08/2005 9:35:54 AM PST by MineralMan (godless atheist)
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