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Every base is base 10 (lemmy.world)
submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You gotta tell the alien that you use base-22

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Base 20. 1,2,3,4,10,11,12,13,14,20

[–] [email protected] 32 points 1 year ago

pretty sure base 4 goes "1, 2, 3, 10"

[–] [email protected] 25 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That's base 5.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago

No it's base 10

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago

just as theres no single numeral for 10 in base 10, theres no numeral for 4 in base 4.

1 2 3 10 11 12 13 20 21 22

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

You forgot to count 0. The alien should write 4 as 10, not 4.