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4 changes: 2 additions & 2 deletions src/integers/limits.md
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Say you had a piece of paper that was only big enough to write two numbers on.

The only numbers you could write in a [base ten system](https://www.khanacademy.org/math/algebra-home/alg-intro-to-algebra/algebra-alternate-number-bases/v/number-systems-introduction) would be those from 0 to 99. You could not write 100 or anything larger.
The only numbers you could write in a [base ten system](https://www.khanacademy.org/math/algebra-home/alg-intro-to-algebra/algebra-alternate-number-bases/v/number-systems-introduction) would be those from 0 to 9. You could not write 10 or anything larger.

A Java `int` is similar except instead of only being able to write 0 to 99 on a piece of paper, a variable that has
A Java `int` is similar except instead of only being able to write 0 to 9 on a piece of paper, a variable that has
the type `int` can represent numbers from -2<sup>31</sup> to 2<sup>31</sup> - 1.

If you try to directly write out a number that is outside of that range, Java will not let you.
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