Solved on Jan 12, 2024
Convert base 8 number 4,305 to hexadecimal.
STEP 1
Assumptions
1. The given number is in octal format ().
2. We need to convert the octal number to hexadecimal format.
STEP 2
To convert an octal number to hexadecimal, we can first convert it to binary and then from binary to hexadecimal. This is because both octal and hexadecimal are powers of 2 (octal is base 8, which is ; hexadecimal is base 16, which is ), which makes conversion between them convenient through binary.
STEP 3
Convert each octal digit to a 3-bit binary number (since and it takes 3 bits to represent any digit from 0 to 7).
STEP 4
Write down the binary representation of the whole octal number by combining the binary representations of each digit.
STEP 5
Now, we need to convert the binary number to hexadecimal. Since hexadecimal is base 16 (), we need to group the binary digits into groups of 4 (starting from the right).
If there are not enough digits to form a group of 4 at the beginning, we add additional zeros to the left.
We add two zeros to the left to make the first group of four:
STEP 6
Now, convert each 4-bit binary group to its hexadecimal equivalent.
STEP 7
Combine the hexadecimal digits to get the final hexadecimal number.
STEP 8
We can omit any leading zeros in the hexadecimal representation. Thus, the final hexadecimal number is:
The octal number is equal to in hexadecimal.
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