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What is 262 in octal as a decimal number'?
262 octal is178 decimal.262 decimal is406 octal
What is the octal representation of 254?
Hex 254 = 1124 octal
What is 18 in octal form?
Decimal 18 = 22 octal
When was the octal number invented?
octal was invented in china in 1256
Why should one study octal and Hexadecimal systems when the digital machine understands only binary system?
Octal and hexadecimal numbers are useful for humans as they compactly represent binary numbers:each octal digit represents exactly 3 binary digitseach hexadecimal number represents exactly 4 binary digitsFor example, instead of trying to read (and remember) the binary number 100111001001 it can be represented as hexadecimal 0x09c9 or octal 04711 which are easier to read (and remember) for humans.
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