0x1250

0x1250 is a hexadecimal number, which is a base-16 numeral system. In this system, digits range from 0 to 9 and then A through F represent the values 10 through 15. To convert 0x1250 to its decimal (base-10) equivalent, we can use the positional notation. The number can be broken down as follows: 0 * 16^3 + 1 * 16^2 + 2 * 16^1 + 5 * 16^0. This calculation results in 0 + 256 + 32 + 5, which equals 293 in decimal. Therefore, 0x1250 is equivalent to 293 in the decimal system. Hexadecimal notation is commonly used in computing, particularly in areas like memory addressing, color codes, and data representation, because it offers a more compact and human-readable way to represent binary data compared to pure binary. Each hexadecimal digit corresponds directly to four binary digits (bits). For example, the hexadecimal digit '1' is 0001 in binary, '2' is 0010, and '5' is 0101. Therefore, 0x1250 in binary would be 0001 0010 0101 0000.