48B8

48B8 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 then from A to F, where A represents 10, B represents 11, and so on up to F, which represents 15. The number 48B8 in hexadecimal can be converted to decimal by evaluating each digit's contribution to the total value. Starting from the rightmost digit (which is the least significant), each digit is multiplied by 16 raised to the power of its position index, starting from 0. Therefore, 48B8 in hexadecimal is equivalent to 18616 in decimal. This conversion is useful in various fields such as computer science, where hexadecimal is often used to represent binary-coded values more compactly. Additionally, 48B8 is sometimes used as a placeholder or example in discussions about hexadecimal notation and its applications.