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Question

What is a base-n number system?

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Answer

A number system where the first landmark number is 1, and every next landmark number is obtained by multiplying the previous one by a fixed number nn. Its landmark numbers are the powers of nn: n0,n1,n2,n^0, n^1, n^2, \ldots.

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