What decimal number is represented by the binary number 01101010?

To convert the binary number 01101010 to its decimal equivalent, you need to understand the positional value of each digit in the binary system, where each position represents a power of 2. Starting from the right, the positions can be noted as follows:

• The first position (from the right) is (2^0)
• The second position is (2^1)

• The third position is (2^2)
• The fourth position is (2^3)
• The fifth position is (2^4)
• The sixth position is (2^5)
• The seventh position is (2^6)
• The eighth position is (2^7)

The binary number 01101010 can be broken down as:

• (0 \times 2^7 = 0)
• (1 \times 2^6 = 64)
• (1 \times 2^5 = 32)
• (0 \times 2^4 = 0)
• (1 \times 2^3 = 8)
• (0 \times 2^2 = 0)
• (1 \times 2^