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Comment by lkirkwood

18 hours ago

Just nitpick but all odd numbers end in an odd number, not 1, and all even numbers end in an even number i.e. a multiple of 2.

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silisili  18 hours ago

Sure, but OP was talking about binary representation.

  • dmichulke  14 hours ago

    GP's statement is true for all number systems with an even base (so also for binary and decimal)

Etheryte  17 hours ago

All odd numbers end in 1 in binary.

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