i think 11 decimal = 23 base 4 = CD

On Mar 16, 11:21 pm, mandeep <[email protected]> wrote:
> hi paul... i got it upto 11 decimal...will you pls explain later part
> again...
> thanks a lot....
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> On Fri, Mar 16, 2012 at 11:34 PM, Paul Smith <[email protected]>wrote:
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> > A language with N digits in it is using a Base N number system.
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> > Some 'languages' you are used to are decimal (0123456789), hexadecimal
> > (0123456789abcdef) and binary (01)
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> > The language oF8 is essentially a Base 3 language.  Think of of8 as being
> > 012.
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> > Therefore, the number Fo8 in this language is actually like the base 3
> > number 102  which is 2 + (0*3^1) + (1*3^2) = 11 decimal.
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> > The number 11 decimal in the language ABCD would be 11 decimal = 31 base 4
> > = DB.
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> > So, if the question was
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> > Fo8 oF8 ABCD
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> > then the answer would be DB.
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> > Alternatively, the input
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> > 16 0123456789 0123456789ABCDEF
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> > is merely saying to convert the decimal number 16 into hexadecimal.
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> > Hope that helps!
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> > Paul Smith
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> > [email protected]
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> > On Fri, Mar 16, 2012 at 5:28 PM, mandy <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > hi there...can anyone tell what is the actual logic behind alien
> > > number...
> > > here is the link to the problem...http://code.google.com/codejam/
> > > contest/32003/dashboard#s=p0
> > > so pls..some one tell me logic behind this....not the program..
> > > thanks a lot....
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