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The Binary Number System In The Hindu And Boolean Algebra

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In the modern world, binary numbers have great importance in computer coding as well as in Boolean algebra Without the application of binary numbers, computers would not be able to exist or communicate with each other. Binary numbers include a base two number system rather than the base ten system which is used in a math class such as algebra. A base two system means that the only numbers that are used in that system and in binary those numbers are 1 and 0. A base ten number system beans that numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8,9, and 0 are used. All numbers can be converted from decimal, the base ten set of numbers, to binary and from binary to decimal allowing computers to communicate. “The Hindu-Arabic system is based on ten different symbols and is considered to be a base 10 system. Numeral systems with different bases have found use in applications where a different base provides certain advantages” (Lande 514). The Hindu-Arabic system is the decimal system that is used during a math class and the binary number system is used for different functions in computers or Boolean algebra. Due to the Hindu-Arabic system and the binary number system have different numbering bases, they must be converted to the other. The binary number system is a base two system which has to be converted to a base ten if it was to be expressed in decimal, the Hindu-Arabic system. The number 10011011 in binary would be 155 in decimal. This process would be done by writing the binary number then

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