254C5

254C5 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 number 254C5 can be converted to decimal (base-10) by evaluating each digit's contribution to the total value, considering its position in the number. Starting from the rightmost digit (which is the least significant), each digit's value is multiplied by 16 raised to the power of its position index, starting from 0. For 254C5, this would be:

(2 * 16^4) + (5 * 16^3) + (4 * 16^2) + (C * 16^1) + (5 * 16^0)

Where C represents 12 in decimal. Calculating this gives:

(2 * 65536) + (5 * 4096) + (4 * 256) + (12 * 16) + (5 * 1) = 131072 + 20480 + 1024 + 192 + 5 = 152763

So, 254C5 in hexadecimal is equivalent to 152763 in decimal. Hexadecimal is commonly used in computer programming, digital electronics, and other fields where binary-coded values are prevalent due to its concise representation of binary data.