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Express 24.123eight to base ten​

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To convert
24.123 in base 8, also notated with
24.123_8 into base 10 simply multiply each digit with 8 to the power of its position relative to the decimal point.

So,


24.123_8=2\cdot8^1+4\cdot8^0+1\cdot8^(-1)+2\cdot8^(-2)+3\cdot8^(-3)=20.162109375_(10)

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