What is that supposed to mean?. Are you adding in base 5?.
G galactus Super Moderator Staff member Joined Sep 28, 2005 Messages 7,216 May 15, 2010 #1 What is that supposed to mean?. Are you adding in base 5?.
S soroban Elite Member Joined Jan 28, 2005 Messages 5,586 May 15, 2010 #2 Hello, BHS08! \(\displaystyle \begin{array}{ccccc}1 &0 &3 & 4\;_5 \\ +& 3&4&4\;_5\\ \hline\) I can't figure out how to even get started on this problem. . Really? Click to expand... If that's true, you should not have been assigned this problem . . . There are basically two ways: . . [1] Learn to add in base-5. . . [2] Convert to base-10, add, then convert back to base-5. Either way, it looks like this: . . \(\displaystyle \begin{array}{cccccccc}1\;0\;3\;4_5 \\+ \;3\;4\;4_5\; \\ \hline 1\;4\;3\;3_5 \end{array}\quad\begin{array}{c}\Rightarrow \\ \Rightarrow \\ \\[-4mm] \Leftarrow \end{array}\quad\begin{array}{c}1\;\;4\;\;4 \\ +\;9\;\;9 \\ \hline 2\;\;4\;\;3 \end{array}\)
Hello, BHS08! \(\displaystyle \begin{array}{ccccc}1 &0 &3 & 4\;_5 \\ +& 3&4&4\;_5\\ \hline\) I can't figure out how to even get started on this problem. . Really? Click to expand... If that's true, you should not have been assigned this problem . . . There are basically two ways: . . [1] Learn to add in base-5. . . [2] Convert to base-10, add, then convert back to base-5. Either way, it looks like this: . . \(\displaystyle \begin{array}{cccccccc}1\;0\;3\;4_5 \\+ \;3\;4\;4_5\; \\ \hline 1\;4\;3\;3_5 \end{array}\quad\begin{array}{c}\Rightarrow \\ \Rightarrow \\ \\[-4mm] \Leftarrow \end{array}\quad\begin{array}{c}1\;\;4\;\;4 \\ +\;9\;\;9 \\ \hline 2\;\;4\;\;3 \end{array}\)
B BigGlenntheHeavy Senior Member Joined Mar 8, 2009 Messages 1,577 May 15, 2010 #3 Thank you soroban, a good review.