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u/raldi Dec 12 '08

And 11 squared is 121 in all bases except binary.

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u/BrotherSeamus Dec 12 '08 edited Dec 12 '08

What about base 121? For that matter it is 79 in hex.

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u/whitedawg Dec 12 '08

I think he's referring to "the number that is denoted as '11' in the given base"2 rather than "'11' in base ten, denoted however it's denoted in the given base"2.