eli5: Every base is base 10

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Something I found while reading about base systems, I can’t really wrap my head around it. Maybe it has to do with fractions?

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Any base uses 0-(Base minus 1) as their first digit. Base 10 is 0-9. Base 2 is 0-1. Base 16 is 0-15 (represented by F).

Because of this, the base would always be the first 2-digit number representation. For base 10, 10 is written 10. For base 2 (binary), 2 is written 10. For Base 16 (Hex), 16 is written 10. and so on.

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