SOLUTION: Using the number 6,435, answer the following questions referring to base 8. In what place is the 4? What is the value of the digit 4 in this number?

Question 1092609: Using the number 6,435, answer the following questions referring to base 8.
In what place is the 4?
What is the value of the digit 4 in this number?
Answer by Alan3354(69443) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Using the number 6,435, answer the following questions referring to base 8.
In what place is the 4?
What is the value of the digit 4 in this number?
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The values are powers of 8, increasing for right to left.

 8^3   8^2     8^1    8^0
x512   x64      x8     x1

Only base 2, 10 and 16 are of practical value.
Octal, base 8, was used for a while, but there was no good reason for it.
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