Because the computer has to know how big the number is, and whether it's a
positive or negative number. Otherwise, there would be a lot of wrong answers,
and people would blame them on the computer.
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Not 2 numbers - 2 digits. The digits 0 and 1.
Binary.
The binary representations of the decimal numbers from 20 to 30 are as follows: 20: 10100 21: 10101 22: 10110 23: 10111 24: 11000 25: 11001 26: 11010 27: 11011 28: 11100 29: 11101 30: 11110 These binary numbers represent their respective decimal values.
No. In general, their internal processing is in binary numbers and there are programs that enable them to work with hexadecimal numbers.
Computers store and process data in binary form: current on or off, location magnetised or not, laser reader hits a pit or not.