Ok, so here's a challenge for you.
Why do the binary and hex make interesting repeat patterns which the decimal versions don't share?
Bob
]]>101010101010101010101010101010101010101010 in Binary is 2AAAAAAAAAA in Hexadecimal, and 2932031007402 in Decimal.
111111111111111111111111111111111111111111 in Binary is 3FFFFFFFFFF in Hexadecimal, 4398046511103 in Decimal.
99999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999 in Decimal is 1000110000100001001111011001110110100101000000101101111001000101010001010010011011110100001000101100110000110011111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111 in Binary, and 118427B3B4A05BC8A8A4DE8459867FFFFFFFFFFF in Hexadecimal.
1000000000000000000000000000000000000000 in Decimal is 1011110000010100001111111010010011100010010100001110101100110001000101111101100101010101101000000000000000000000000000000000000000 in Binary, and 2F050FE938943ACC45F65568000000000 in Hexadecimal.
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA in Hexadecimal is 3629678580490010276942662479272194255530 in Decimal.
1111111111111111111111111111111111111 in Hexadecimal is 23787461545099331350971432824158252273045777 in Decimal, and 1000100010001000100010001000100010001000100010001000100010001000100010001000100010001000100010001000100010001000100010001000100010001000100010001 in Binary.
9999999999999999999999999999999999999 in Hexadecimal is 1001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001 in Binary; and 214087153905893982158742895417424270457411993.
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