understanding base four #'s

[chrissyjen]

The question reads as follow:
'the decimal # 75 is equivalent to what base four number?

the book shows how to convert base 10 number and following that formula I can't understand how to solve the problem using base four number. :roll:
example:
23014powers of 5(#5lower than others)=1634powers of 10
please help
thank you
cj

 

[galactus]

What do you mean "the decimal #75?". You mean what is 75 in base 4?.

 

[stapel]

The question reads as follow:

'the decimal # 75 is equivalent to what base four number?

...I can't understand how to solve the problem using base four number.

To learn how to convert between different number bases, try here. :wink:

Once you've read the lesson, the following should be helpful:

. . . . .75 = 64 + 8 + 3 = 1(4[sup:1s1ogebj]3[/sup:1s1ogebj]) + 2(4[sup:1s1ogebj]1[/sup:1s1ogebj]) + 3(4[sup:1s1ogebj]0[/sup:1s1ogebj])