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Working with binary system
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January 20, 2009
respected sir
my question is that suppose i have a weighted code like 2421 now for represent decimal number 2 the binary representation is 0010 but why it can't be 1000? please ans me as soon as possible thanx....
gurjinder - India
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In the binary system of numbers (based on 2), you count: 1, 10, 11, 100 for 1, 2, 3, 4. In other words, 2 is represented as going to the next level as 10.
In the binary system, the digits represent: 1 = 1, 10 = 2, 100 = 4, 1000 = 8, 10000 = 16, and so on.
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