document.write( "Question 604562: what is one less than 3000 in base 5. Please show step by step \n" ); document.write( "
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what is one less than 3000 in base 5. Please show step by step
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\n" ); document.write( "Begin by converting 3000 base 5 to base 10:
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\n" ); document.write( "one less than the above is then:
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\n" ); document.write( "Or, you could do the math in base 5:
\n" ); document.write( "3000-1 = 2444 in base 5
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\n" ); document.write( "2*5^3 + 4*5^2 + 4*5 + 4
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\n" ); document.write( "250 + 100 + 20 + 4
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