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What is the largest decimal value that can be represented as an 8-bit unsigned integer?

Update:

i thought it was 511 bc 511 = 1+2+4+8+16+32+64+128+2^8...

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  • 5 years ago

    Well,

    1111 1111_base 2 = 2^8 - 1 = 255_base 10

    you proposal :

    i thought it was 511 bc 511 = 1+2+4+8+16+32+64+1282^8

    ==> you are confusing with the amount of numbers,

    ... not the greatest

    255 <--- answer

    et voilà, mademoiselle !! ;-)

    hope it' ll help !!

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