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What is the radix or base of a number system? Give the radix of different number systems.

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The radix or base is the number of unique digits, including zero that a positional numeral system uses to represent numbers.

Number systemSymbolsRadix or base 
Decimal0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,910
Binary0,12
Octal0,1,2,3,4,5,6,78
Hexadecimal0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,A,B,C,D,E,F16


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