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Comment by lkirkwood

7 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  7 hours ago

Sure, but OP was talking about binary representation.

  • dmichulke  2 hours ago

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

Etheryte  5 hours ago

All odd numbers end in 1 in binary.

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