For the 17 shown in the second example above, recall that the first digit (1) has a decimal value of 8 and the second (7) a value of 7. Therefore, the octal result is equal to decimal 15. Turning ...

The octal number 40,000 corresponds to a decimal number of 16,384, and the DJIA closed at 16479.88 on December 26. The population of New York City, according to the 2010 census , was 8,175,133.

There are really four commonly used numeric bases to consider: binary, octal, decimal and hexadecimal. You're used to working in base-10, ... Notice the last two examples demonstrate the mirror ...