0x24F3

0x24F3 is a hexadecimal number, which is a base-16 numeral system used in computing and digital electronics. In hexadecimal, the digits range from 0 to 9 and the letters A to F, where A represents 10, B represents 11, and so on up to F, which represents 15. The prefix "0x" is commonly used to denote a hexadecimal number in programming and digital contexts.

The hexadecimal number 0x24F3 can be converted to decimal by evaluating each digit's contribution to the total value. Starting from the rightmost digit, each digit is multiplied by 16 raised to the power of its position index, starting from 0. For 0x24F3, this would be:

(2 * 16^3) + (4 * 16^2) + (F * 16^1) + (3 * 16^0)

Where F represents 15 in decimal. Calculating this gives:

(2 * 4096) + (4 * 256) + (15 * 16) + (3 * 1) = 8192 + 1024 + 240 + 3 = 9459

So, 0x24F3 in hexadecimal is equivalent to 9459 in decimal.

In computing, hexadecimal is often used because it provides a more human-friendly representation of binary-coded values. It is particularly useful in fields such as programming, digital electronics, and data storage, where binary data is frequently represented in hexadecimal form for ease of reading and manipulation.