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limitations of binary

used to think binary was so limited... couldn't represent 1/10 th!! had to do 1/2, 1/4, 1/8, etc. etc. Realized that base 10 is the same way... we can't represent 1/3. we can only use 3/10. 3/100. 3/1000, etc. etc. so not limited. lots of numbers can fit between .1 and .2