tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Mon Jul 06 14:24:14 1998
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Re: Question from a newbie
On Mon, 6 Jul 1998, dragonwulf wrote:
> This seems reasonable, since we don't acknowledge the zero in our
> own base ten system. The zero is a place holder, it marks the center
> of the number line and is otherwise useful, but if most people really
> thought of it as a number wouldnt our counting system be called base
> eleven?
No, because the ratio of 100/10, or 10/1, etc., would still be ten, not
eleven.
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