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Question
When doing this conversion from decimal to octal:
129, the correct answer is 201o, why is there a 0 between the 2 and 1? I got 21 as the answer.
129/8 = 16.125, 16 with remainder of .125
.125 * 8 = 1
Octal = 1
16/8 = 2.0, 2 with no remainder
0 * 8 = 0
Octal = 01
2/8 = 0.25, 0 with remainder of .25
.25 * 8 = 2
Octal = 201
ANS : 201
Correction
As for your answer, if i were to go from Octal 21 to Decimal, you would get
2 * 8^1 + 1 * 8^0 = (2 * 8) + 1 = 16 + 1 = 17 and not 201
Proof
If i were to go from 201 Octal to Decimal, then
(2 * 8^2) + (0 * 8^1) + (1 * 8^0)
(2 * 64) + 0 + 1
128 + 1 = 129
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