Yes of course, my mistake.  11 = 2*4 + 3

On Friday, March 16, 2012, Trojan Horse <[email protected]> wrote:
> 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....
>>
>> 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.
>>
>> > Some 'languages' you are used to are decimal (0123456789), hexadecimal
>> > (0123456789abcdef) and binary (01)
>>
>> > The language oF8 is essentially a Base 3 language.  Think of of8 as
being
>> > 012.
>>
>> > 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.
>>
>> > The number 11 decimal in the language ABCD would be 11 decimal = 31
base 4
>> > = DB.
>>
>> > So, if the question was
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>> > Fo8 oF8 ABCD
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>> > then the answer would be DB.
>>
>> > Alternatively, the input
>>
>> > 16 0123456789 0123456789ABCDEF
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>> > is merely saying to convert the decimal number 16 into hexadecimal.
>>
>> > Hope that helps!
>>
>> > 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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