Asked by TAY

Explain why the digits in a place value system with base, b, are 0,1,... b-1 and why no digits for numbers greater than b-1 are needed
Answered by Steve
Base b only needs b symbols. After all b are used up, the next number is 10, and the bottom digit cycles through the other b-1 digits again, before going on to 20 (assuming b >= 2!)
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