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Convert the number $\\var{b1}\\var{b2}\\var{b3}\\var{b4}\\var{b5}\\var{b6}\\var{b7}\\var{b8}$ to decimal.
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\nNote that $2^0=1, 2^1=2,2^2=4,2^3=8,2^4=16,2^5=32$ etc
\nWe look at our binary number $\\var{b1}\\var{b2}\\var{b3}\\var{b4}\\var{b5}\\var{b6}\\var{b7}\\var{b8}$ and work from the far right hand side.
\n\n$\\var{b1}\\var{b2}\\var{b3}\\var{b4}\\var{b5}\\var{b6}\\var{b7}\\,{\\bf\\var{b8}}$ means $\\var{b8}\\,$ lots of 1
\n$\\var{b1}\\var{b2}\\var{b3}\\var{b4}\\var{b5}\\var{b6}\\,{\\bf\\var{b7}}\\,\\var{b8}$ means $\\var{b7}$ lots of 2
\n$\\var{b1}\\var{b2}\\var{b3}\\var{b4}\\var{b5}\\,{\\bf\\var{b6}}\\,\\var{b7}\\var{b8}$ means $\\var{b6}$ lots of 4
\n$\\var{b1}\\var{b2}\\var{b3}\\var{b4}\\,{\\bf\\var{b5}}\\,\\var{b6}\\var{b7}\\var{b8}$ means $\\var{b5}$ lots of 8
\n$\\var{b1}\\var{b2}\\var{b3}\\,{\\bf\\var{b4}}\\,\\var{b5}\\var{b6}\\var{b7}\\var{b8}$ means $\\var{b4}$ lots of 16
\n$\\var{b1}\\var{b2}\\,{\\bf\\var{b3}}\\,\\var{b4}\\var{b5}\\var{b6}\\var{b7}\\var{b8}$ means $\\var{b3}$ lots of 32
\n$\\var{b1}\\,{\\bf\\var{b2}}\\,\\var{b3}\\var{b4}\\var{b5}\\var{b6}\\var{b7}\\var{b8}$ means $\\var{b2}$ lots of 64
\n${\\bf\\var{b1}}\\,\\var{b2}\\var{b3}\\var{b4}\\var{b5}\\var{b6}\\var{b7}\\var{b8}$ means $\\var{b1}$ lots of 128
\n\nSo our answer is $(\\var{b8}\\times 1)+(\\var{b7}\\times 2)+(\\var{b6}\\times 4)+(\\var{b5}\\times 8)+(\\var{b4}\\times 16)+(\\var{b3}\\times 32)+(\\var{b2}\\times 64)+(\\var{b1}\\times 128)=\\simplify{{b8}*1+{b7}*2+{b6}*4+{b5}*8+{b4}*16+{b3}*32+{b2}*64+{b1}*128}$
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\nConverting a number from binary to decimal.
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