Problem #WSP - 000008

Problems Algebra and arithmetic Number systems Binary number system

Problem

When we write 137 in decimal, we mean \(1 \cdot 10^2 + 3 \cdot 10 + 7 \cdot 1\). If we write it instead using powers of 2, we have \(137 = 1 \cdot 2^7 + 0 \cdot 2^6 + 0 \cdot 2^5 + 0 \cdot 2^4 + 1 \cdot 2^3 + 0 \cdot 2^2 + 0 \cdot 2^1 + 1 \cdot 2^0\). To tell apart binary representation from decimals, we can use the following notation: \(137 = (10001001)_2\).

What is the number 273 in binary?