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Question 954760: If all the letters of the alphabet were used as our single-digit numerals, what would be the name of out base system? If a represented zero, b represented one, and so on, what would be the base ten numeral for the "alphabet" numeral zz?
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It would be a base-26 number system, also known as the hexavigesimal system (from hexa- "six" and vigesimal based on the number 20). In this system the units place goes to 25, and the "tens" place is 26's, so zz would be 25 ones (since a=0, z=25) and (25)(26)=650 in the second place, zz=675 base-10.