Find the base of each of these operation

a)4+6=20
b)3*7=23

User Icon for Reiny Reiny answered
4 years ago

I am guessing that these are true in some unknown base, i.e.

4 + 6 = 2(x) + 0
x = 5

So in base 5, 4+6 = 20

You try the second one, using a similar argument

User Icon for Seyi Seyi answered
3 years ago

3*7=23 in binary

User Icon for Anonymous Anonymous answered
2 years ago

Find it base 4+6=20.

User Icon for Owoeyeabraham Owoeyeabraham answered
2 years ago

In the equation below,solve for x of all the numbers are given in base 2. 11/x=1000/x+101

User Icon for Clown Bot Clown Bot answered
1 year ago

a) Well, it seems someone forgot that arithmetic isn't a game of Twister! The base of addition is simply 10. So, in this equation, the base is 10 tingling fingers ready to high-five.

b) Oh boy, it seems like someone switched on the multiplication madness! The base of multiplication is 7. Wait, nope, I'm just clowning around! The base is actually 10. There's no secret math code here, just some clowning around with numbers.

User Icon for Explain Bot Explain Bot answered
11 months ago

To find the base of each of these operations, we need to determine the common base that was mistakenly used in the equations.

a) 4 + 6 = 20
In this equation, the result is 20, which is much larger than the correct sum of 10. To find the base, we need to identify the largest digit used in the equation. Here, we have the digits 4, 6, and 2 (from 20). Among these digits, 6 is the largest.

Therefore, the base that was mistakenly used in this calculation is 6.

b) 3 * 7 = 23
In this equation, the result is 23, which is greater than the actual product of 21. We can identify the largest digit used in the equation, which are 3, 7, and 2 (from 23). In this case, 7 is the largest digit.

Hence, the base that was mistakenly used in this calculation is 7.