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How Do You Convert Negative Number Base 10 To Base 12?

April 26, 2017base convert Mathematics negative

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How Do You Convert Negative Number Base 10 To Base 12?

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The base is only relevant to the magnitude of the number. So the short answer is negate the negative number convert to base 12 then negate again. Computers are a bit different because only a finite amount of memory is allocated. Allowing negative values cuts the maximum no. size in half for integers. And the conversion would be different.