Uploaded December 2017 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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A number represented in binary is a sum of the powers of 2 (1, 2, 4, 8, 16, ...) multiplied by 0 or 1. For example, 60 in binary notation is 111100=1x32+1x16+1x8+1x4+0x2+0x1, using six "bits". Balanced ternary notation multiplies each power of 3 (1, 3, ...

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