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number theory senior
Problem
Find . Express your answer in base 2.
Solution
It is much easier to find and then multiply by than it is to do the calculations in the original order. For , since the last digit of is a 0, we can simply take it off to get . This is similar to base 10, where . In base 2, each place represents a power of 2, and since we're dividing by 2, each place goes down by a power 2, so each digit shifts to the right. Now we find the product of and . \begin{array}{@{}c@{\;}c@{}c@{}c@{}c@{}c@{}c@{}c@{}c}
& & &1 &0 & 1 & 1_2 & & \\
& & & \times & 1& 0 & 1& 0 & 0_2 \\
\cline{1-9}& & &1 &0 &1 &1 & & \\
& & & & & &0 & & \\
& 1 &\stackrel{1}{0}&1 &1 &0 &0 &\downarrow &\downarrow \\
\cline{1-9}
&1 &1 &0 &1 &1 &1 &0 &0_2 \\
\end{array}The answer is .
Final answer
11011100_2