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Does negative hexadecimal numbers exist?

 May 2, 2015

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Note......if you go to WolframAlpha and type in  "convert -17 to hexadecimal"....it will return  " -1116"

In other words  -17 =  -11 in hex.......which is correct...!!!

This confirms Alan's suspicions.......

 

 

  

 May 2, 2015
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If you want them to!  There is no reason in principle why you can't have negative hexadecimal numbers, after all they are just numbers expressed in base 16.  That said, I don't think I've ever seen them being used anywhere (negative ones, that is).

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 May 2, 2015
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Note......if you go to WolframAlpha and type in  "convert -17 to hexadecimal"....it will return  " -1116"

In other words  -17 =  -11 in hex.......which is correct...!!!

This confirms Alan's suspicions.......

 

 

  

CPhill May 2, 2015

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