SOLUTION: Find the 29th smallest positive integer that can be written only using the digits zero and one in base five

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Question 1043199: Find the 29th smallest positive integer that can be written only using the digits zero and one in base five
Answer by LinnW(1048) About Me  (Show Source):
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29 in binary is 11101 This is the 29th number in binary beginning with 1
and 11101 in base 5 will be the 29th smallest
Converted to decimal, this is 1*5^4 + 1*5^3 + 1*5^2 + 0*5^1 + 1*5^0
625 + 125 + 25 + 0 + 1 = 776