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Result in binary base. Result in hexadecimal base.

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The Representation of Numbers

Although the display of a number is converted when the base is changed, its stored form is not modified, so decimal numbers are not truncated — until they are used in arithmetic calculations.

When a number appears in hexadecimal, octal, or binary base, it is shown as a right–justified integer with up to 36 bits (12 octal digits or 9 hexadecimal digits). Leading zeros are riot displayed, but they are important because they indicate a positive number. For example, the binary representation of 12510 is displayed as:

11111101

which is the same as these 36 digits:

000000000000000000000000000001111101

Negative Numbers

The leftmost (most significant or "highest") bit of a number's binary representation is the sign bit; it is set (1) for negative numbers. If there are (undisplayed) leading zeros, then the sign bit is 0 (positive). A negative number is the 2's complement of its positive binary number.

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10–4 Base Conversions and Arithmetic

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