Positional Number Systems

How can one integer have different written forms in binary, octal, decimal, and hexadecimal without changing its value?

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How can one integer have different written forms in binary, octal, decimal, and hexadecimal without changing its value?

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Binary uses powers of two, octal powers of eight, decimal powers of ten, and hexadecimal powers of sixteen. Conversion reconstructs or decomposes the same integer using a different basis of positional weights.