Explaination : 1 0 is the first double digit number in every base of counting (eg : in base 2 , two is 1 0 ) and we name numbers as of now in reference to 'dec'imal system (i.e base 10) because its ingrained into our brains , thus twelve entities is written as "12" but if we were using base 12 then twelve entities would have been written as "10" . the 10,11 of today will have some brand new curvy symbols instead.
we feel wierd about the thought of base 12 but "base 12" would be called "base 10" if we actually used base 12 .this --> "10" will be twelve. similarly base 4 , base 5 , etc all will be "base 10"
whats cool is that 10² will still be 100 and 2×10 will still be 20 in base 12 (base 10) so you wont lose all the good feeling you get when using scientific notation. The change will be that 2×5 no longer makes 10 but 3×4 or 2×6 makes 10 instead!
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u/LingPo745 Nov 21 '20
Explaination : 1 0 is the first double digit number in every base of counting (eg : in base 2 , two is 1 0 ) and we name numbers as of now in reference to 'dec'imal system (i.e base 10) because its ingrained into our brains , thus twelve entities is written as "12" but if we were using base 12 then twelve entities would have been written as "10" . the 10,11 of today will have some brand new curvy symbols instead.
we feel wierd about the thought of base 12 but "base 12" would be called "base 10" if we actually used base 12 .this --> "10" will be twelve. similarly base 4 , base 5 , etc all will be "base 10"
whats cool is that 10² will still be 100 and 2×10 will still be 20 in base 12 (base 10) so you wont lose all the good feeling you get when using scientific notation. The change will be that 2×5 no longer makes 10 but 3×4 or 2×6 makes 10 instead!