Hexadecimal Notation/Examples/6C5
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Example of Hexadecimal Notation
The integer expressed in hexadecimal as $6 \mathrm C 5$ is expressed in decimal as $1733$.
Proof
| \(\ds 6 \mathrm C 5_{1 6}\) | \(=\) | \(\ds 6 \times 16^2 + 12 \times 16 + 5\) | ||||||||||||
| \(\ds \) | \(=\) | \(\ds 1536 + 192 + 5\) | ||||||||||||
| \(\ds \) | \(=\) | \(\ds 1733\) |
$\blacksquare$
Sources
- 1986: David Wells: Curious and Interesting Numbers ... (previous) ... (next): $16$
- 1997: David Wells: Curious and Interesting Numbers (2nd ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): $16$